# No more iPods in France?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-ipods-in-france/348740>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 17, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-ipods-in-france/348740 "2006-03-17T14:32:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2006, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-ipods-in-france/348740/81 "2006-05-07T07:05:10Z")

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> [@D\_Odds](#):
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> That is France’s perogative. Which is why, if my name were Steve Jobs and I ran a company called Apple, I would walk away from _directly_ marketing or selling the French market if they passed such a law, and I would offer no support to the French market.

And, judging from the level of durability, user-friendliness, and technical support this denizen of French Canada enjoyed during my last excursion into the world of iPod, I would heartily recommend to the French market a response known to the Gallic world as _jouer la plus petite iViolon du monde._

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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2006, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-ipods-in-france/348740/82 "2006-05-07T07:06:30Z")

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Except, you know, with masculine articles and adjectives to go with that iNoun. :smack:

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