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Matthew writes: In a press release today, Apple today accused Real of not keeping it real. “iPod users don’t want a wide variety of music for their players from different vendors competing to keep prices low, they want whatever music we’re pushing on the iTunes home page. And the music we force-feed them through the new music Tuesdays admail. They want to make absolutely certain that we control the content on their iPods and computers, so that their digital files have a guarantee of quality. The digits in our digitized music have better timbre, vibratto, and warmth—something true audiophiles appreciate and something that Real, despite their name, can’t deliver.”