Remember the French the next time you think of Apple.

Well, there's nothing stopping the companies that make DAPs to have AAC support. They just have to ask Fraunhofer about putting it in their players (this is essentially the same process as having MP3 support in their players.)

Remember, Apple doesn't own the rights to, nor is the creator of, the AAC filetype. They just promote it more.

As to Apple giving the Fairplay DRM to other companies? You're talking about a company here. By doing that, they'd mind as well just start giving iPods away, because if any other DAP can play their files, that means no need to sell iPods. This isn't a hard concept.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Devo

I'm sure morons would still buy iPods since people like fads and more "aesthetically" pleasing devices.

Well, yeah, but from a business standpoint, it's not the best thing to just get rid of the one technical reason people should use your product.

There's nowhere I can't reach.