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Who cares about Blu-ray on Macs?
MacDailyNews — ... come from iTunes it should be created or ripped by the user. In Apple's world, the more media that consumers purchase from iTunes, the more powerful and valuable its formats, platform and hardware proposition becomes," Gorog writes. "Apple is stalling on Blu-ray for as long as it can, and consumers don't care. The longer Apple can hold off Blu-ray the better its chances of dominating the market for video and TV show downloads, like it does for music," Gorog writes. Full article here .

No Blu-ray on Macs... and no one cares
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... Danny Gorog at APC Magazine has written a really nice analysis of something that's rather strange when you think about it -- why aren't there any high definition DVD drives on Macs yet? It has been ...

No Blu-ray on Macs: Who Cares?
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... On that subject, Danny Gorog of APCMag wrote an interesting piece titled "Analysis: No Blu-ray for Macs, and nobody cares." His main point? Apple owns the iTunes Store, where customers are renting or buying at least 50,000 movies per day. Why would Apple want people buying Blu-ray discs rather than purchasing movies through iTunes? We all know how much ...

Jobs: Blu-ray Is a 'Bag of Hurt'
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... A bag of hurt? Haven't heard that one. Mixed metaphor between "world of hurt" and "bag of kittens," perhaps? Anyhow, about two weeks ago Danny Gorog of APC mag plunged into analysis as to why Apple is avoiding Blu-ray adoption, and he points out that the format could pose competition to the iTunes Store. ...