Invasion of Crappy MP3 Players

Apple seems to have stunted the growth of MP3 players. They always release nice looking, but stripped down MP3 players that everyone buys. This then makes other companies panic and release crappy alternatives. When Apple has an 8 GB flash memory player, I just wonder why other companies like SanDisk, Sony and Samsung pump out so many crappy 2 GB & 4 GB models. These companies have the potential to build iPod Killers, but they waste time and money on lowend pieces of junk. This creates a cycle of technological stunting... Apple makes MP3 player with missing functions... competition makes a player with less memory... Apple counters with another scaled-down player... competition gets even worse! I see these every week in the circulars. There should be a law against 2 GB (or smaller) MP3 players!