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Originally Posted by ficbot
I suspect that anti-competition people will get involved at some point. It is ridiculous that people are buying a device to own and they can't do what they please with it. It would be like the toaster companies expecting the bread makers to send them 30%. I don't think Apple will get away with this.
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This just came down the wire an hour ago:
Antitrust regulators look at new Apple service: WSJ
According to the report, both the Justice Department and the FTC are interested in whether Apple is breaking U.S. antitrust laws by taking the cut after sending media companies' customers into the payment system for its iTunes store. They have not yet decided which agency will take the lead in the matter, the Journal said.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...71H0KX20110218
I hope they get spanked and cry. Good people can love and defend Apple, and that's cool. But, just going by my personal code of fair dealing, anyone's pulling this move at this stage of the game is contemptible.