> Apple should know better than to use its weight to tear the flesh off of small players in new markets ...but that's where the profits are. Apple, like Walmar

> Apple should know better than to use its weight to tear the flesh off of small players in new markets ...but that's where the profits are. Apple, like Walmart and big-hair rock bands back in the day, thrive by throwing its weight around and taking advantage of small-time suppliers (or groupies) who'd do anything to get a shot at the bug leagues - including shouldering disproportionate risks for an illusory union used to string them along.