07-24-2009, 07:07 PM
raz wrote:
Perhaps a real lawyer would know, but it's my understanding that deliberately blocking a competitor's product in this way is an anti-trust violation.
Yes, this could get ugly.
Yeah, because Apple has a monopoly... on its own product. But Apple has nowhere near a monopoly on music player software or online music stores. With DRM-free music now the standard for online music purchases from iTunes, Amazon, and elsewhere, there really is no "lock-in " or "tying" argument anymore.
Does Microsoft have a "monopoly" because the Zune is incompatible with Macs?
Palm should write their own media software or partner up with someone like Songbird that makes a pretty respectable cross-platform media player.