Most people could care less about codecs. Most people don't even know what a codec is.
The music market is so yesterday anyways. The real bread winner for Apple is the iPhone. A single iPhone can probably make 10x the profit of an iPod. That's where Apple is crushing Sony. While Sony does produce a lot of phones, those phones make no money. Apple is making billions in profit from its phones while Sony is losing money.
Anyone can guess. It takes no effort to throw out lots of predictions and have some of them be correct. You are not and wiser or better for having your guesses be right. Even a blind man can hit the bullseye.







