iPod Tax Causes Sour Apples

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."

Comments

Re:And so it goes

[Blue-Footed Boobie]

Apple is a monopoly, they are the only company that sells an OS for their proprietary computers. Not to mention they use strong-arm tactics to quell competition and the bundle applications into their OS in order to kill the competition (Konfabulator, CenterStage)

Re:No monopoly

[jpickett]

People should be just as concerned with monopolistic practices regardless of marketshare.