MacRumors reports that it is likely QuickTime Pro will no longer be a paid upgrade, but be included in OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. It’s about time! I have felt for years that it should be free as part of the Mac OS, and a paid upgrade on Windows. Daring Fireball points out John Siracusa’s take on this, back around 10.4 Tiger’s launch. Criminally stupid, indeed.
Meanwhile, this should silence the people out in the wilderness who have been inexplicably calling for this to be a free upgrade. Seems resoundingly like an attempt to add value to justify a price point in an OS release that doesn’t necessarily contain a lot of flashy features.