iPod Tax Causes Sour Apples

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday October 18, 2005 @06:53AM from the looking-for-pennies-under-the-couch-cushions dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Apple Computer is stepping up its push to get iPod accessory makers to pay for the right to connect to the popular music player." From the article: "It's not clear what means Apple might employ if companies don't go along, as Apple declined to comment on that. Though many manufacturers have signed up for the program so far, some have complained in private that it's too high a price. But for Apple, the move is a chance to profit further from the empire it has built on the iPod, given that the market for such add-ons is estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars per year."

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Re:Is this Atari or Nintendo? by Anonymous Coward · 2005-10-18 07:05 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Don't worry - you are wrong.
Re:Love/Hate by ryanvm · 2005-10-18 07:13 · Score: 0, Flamebait

So wait, do we love or hate Apple today?

You must be new here. These fuckers always love Apple.
Out of business in 5 years by 8400_RPM · 2005-10-18 07:34 · Score: -1, Flamebait

They're just putting off the inevitable. Apple will be out of business in 5 years.
As soon as this MP3 player fad wears off, they will sink like a rock.