Amid big drop in sales, PC makers may soon be paying more in Chromebook licensing fees

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Amid big drop in sales, PC makers may soon be paying more in Chromebook licensing fees
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While the big drop in Apple Inc.'s Mac sales got most of the attention Monday amid the news that PC makers had yet another terrible quarter, another element...

While the big drop in Apple Inc.’s Mac sales got most of the attention Monday amid the news that PC makers had yet another terrible quarter, another element of the quarterly stats included some more bad news for PC makers.

According to market researcher IDC, sometime later this year, PC makers are likely going to be paying higher prices for Chromebook licenses from Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG GOOGL Google division. That abysmal quarterly report from IDC showed global PC shipments of traditional PCs fell 29% year-over-year in the first quarter, to 56.9 million. Apple grabbed a lot of attention because its drop in Mac sales exceeded the rest of the top 5 PC makers, with a year-over-year drop of 40.5% in the first quarter. IDC tracks Chromebooks, while the other big market research firm, Gartner, does not.On Monday, shares of Apple AAPL fell 1.6% on the news, while other PC makers gained; shares of HP Inc.

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