According to documents newly unsealed by the Brooklyn federal court, Apple has been quietly and effectively curbing knockoff sales of its products in New York City.
Two stores in Queens, NY, have already had all their unauthorized iPod, iPhone and iPad accessories seized. The company is demanding the names of suppliers and customers of the accessories.
One store, called "Apple Story," ... [ read the full article ]
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They make so much money idk why they care..in retrospect these cheap knockoffs make their product look better. A classmate of mine learned that the hard way with his barely functional ifone until finally he got the real thing as a present.
The next thing they'll do is snatch an apple from a childs hand! and say no! you can't eat this apple because we at apple created the apple so there is no way in hell you are ever going to be able to eat this apple without paying a massive price!
If they didnt make suck crazy high prices goods with massively greedy margins people wouldn't be as tempted to make the knock off versions.
At the end of the day, when these a buck to be made, someone will have a crack at it, apple can shut these people down, im sure more will spring right back up. But really were they being any more evil than apple themselves from a profit point of view ?
