Apple De-Certifies Monster Cables After Lawsuit Against Beats

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @11:40PM from the this-story-is-more-interesting-if-you-use-$140-cables-to-read-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Since 2005, Monster cables have been licensed under Apple's "Made For iDevice" program, which lets cable manufacturers put a logo on their product signifying they work with Apple products. Now, Apple has revoked that certification. In January of this year, Monster sued Beats, accusing its founders of fraud. Beats was acquired by Apple in 2014, and Monster is accusing Apple of bullying them by terminating the licensing deal. Monster's general counsel said the move would "significantly disrupt Monster's business and that the two companies had worked well for years, with Monster paying Apple more than $12 million in licensing fees since 2008."

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Gold plating by Anonymous Coward · 2015-06-17 00:18 · Score: 0, Troll

The goldplateing that Monster uses for the logo quadrrifies the trace resonance harmonics.
Wasted money by AndyKron · 2015-06-17 00:20 · Score: 0, Troll

Who would waste their money on Monster cables to begin with, or Apple products for that matter?