I guess he couldn't charge people money and then not support their system. There have been a lot of attempts to consolidate the remote market. Woz tried. iRive

I guess he couldn't charge people money and then not support their system. There have been a lot of attempts to consolidate the remote market. Woz tried. iRiver made an iPod mini competitor with an embedded remote. Then there's AppleTV. It would take a lot of time to get everything consolidated. And when you are finally making a bit of money, the industry will consolidate itself and your competitors will just target the new, consolidated standard.