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For the same reason you don't negotiate with terrorists: If Apple pays up without a fight, then patent trolls everywhere will begin suing iOS devs with hopes of being acquired by Apple.

trurl on Aug 10, 2011 [–]

Okay, that's a pretty good point. I clearly do not think enough like patent troll.

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