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Wednesday, August 04, 2004

Apple's control-freak tendencies could crush iPod

USA Today: "A feud between Apple and RealNetworks over music downloads is exposing Jobs' tragic flaw. Amazingly, he seems to be making the same devastating mistakes with the iPod that he made with the Mac 20 years ago ... boy, does it look like he's blowing it again. It's like some Shakespearean drama where the lead character both triumphs and is undone by the same powerful characteristic — in Jobs' case, his evangelical fervor about his technology ... Apple wants to own it all. When Microsoft behaves that way, everybody screams antitrust. Last week, Real publicly exposed Apple's obduracy. Real announced that it has a way for people to legally download and play songs that work on both Apple's products and Windows-based products. It's the kind of flexibility consumers want. But Apple doesn't seem to care."

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