07-24-2009, 07:33 PM
Silencio wrote:
[quote=raz]
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.
Palm doesn't have to write anything. There are plenty of other options to sync the Pre with your computer. Third party software is already written to accomplish that. Palm writing sync software would be redundant. That subject should be taken off of the table.
This is all about being part of the primary platform ecosystem. Plugging into that. That needs to be broken. Like I said, it's that "same" as if Apple required you to use one video camera with iMovie. How would that be reasonable?