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Apple may bloviate about how interoperability works out to "state-sponsored piracy," but that sort of talk apparently doesn't sound as convincing in French, as legislators there give approval to a law requiring the firm to to make iPods and iTunes compatible with other music players and stores. Cupertino's let it be known that they're unhappy, but does anyone truly think that the company would attempt to pick up their silicon and go home, or that such a thing could be accomplished?
I'm cynical about their motives on two levels, in fact. We know from experience that tech consumers will go to great lengths to acquire certain high-prestige gear; watch any local news broadcast the night before a game-console release for proof. Seems to me that Apple's making a fuss about pulling out of France not only to pressure lawmakers there into even greater compromises that they've already made, but to create a little fake buzz that'll get the consumers into hoarding mode. Rumors of imminent scarcity are a great way to bulk up sales.
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