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You don't understand. Where Apple is the Mothership, they don't want any satellites.
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Incorrect.
Final Cut pro- Plugin Support
Logic- AU and Apple Loops SDK
iDVD- SDK for themes
iMovie- Plugins
Garabe Band- Apple Loops SDK
Keynote- Themes
See where some people whine about losing opportunity others seize the moment and find out ways to expand the product. Competition always benefits the consumer although consolidation affect these you cannot quelch the spirit of a small developer.
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Apples plans to do two things to the music plugin market. One, include almost every plug-in possible into their own software, either GarbageBand or Logic. Two, set AU plugin pricing to less than $49. Given those conditions, most of the innovative companies doing plugins today cannot survive on the Apple platform.
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Patently false. The goal of AU was to provide better support for plugins. VST is nice but the documentation for creating good hosts is insufficient. Apple will not be lazy about Host Docs meaning more stable software. Apple could care less where you price your plugins. The bundling of Emagics plugins is logicstical. Emagic's goal was to make money selling software. Apple's goal is to make money by selling hardware.
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Comparing it with Adobe and Digidesign isn't relevant. Adobe and Digidesign haven't gone out of their way to kill off plug-in developers, although Apple will probably force Digidesign into this at some point by continuing to bundle all of their plug-ins with Logic. Apple has realized that Digidesign's strength is all the cool TDM plugins, and so this Apple strategy is explicitly designed to counteract that.
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Totally asinine logic. Apple has done nothing that Adobe or Digi haven't. Digi bought BF and closed that. Adobe Bundles their apps together for an unbeatable price yet I hear no complains. Sorry folks the Emperor Doesn't have clothes in your arguement.