Would you like iTunes to support FLAC? So would we!<br/>
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Due to the design of iTunes, only Apple can add support for FLAC <ahref="#footnote1">[1]</a>. And why wouldn't they? FLAC usage is accelerating, <ahref="links.html#music">many bands</a> -- the same hip, influential people Apple courts -- are already distributing music in FLAC format, and users are demanding it in the iTunes forums:<br/>
Due to the design of iTunes, only Apple can add support for FLAC <ahref="#footnote1">[1]</a>. And why wouldn't they? FLAC usage is accelerating, <ahref="links.html#music">many bands</a>like Pearl Jam, Phish, Dave Matthews Band, Metallica -- the same hip, influential people whose fans Apple courts -- are already distributing music in FLAC format, and users are clamoring for it in the iTunes forums:<br/>
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<li><ahref="http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=784174&#784174">[2]</a><i>"I have seen a lot of people on live music message boards turn away from the iPod because there are other music players that support FLAC. I am on the verge... and I am an Apple die-hard!"</i></li>
<li><ahref="http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=799873&#799873">[3]</a><i>"If your source material is FLAC (as many bands have gone this way to distribute online music) your choice is to use another music player ..."</i></li>
