Apple to Buy Beats for $3 Billion

More detailed discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7812677

I use an HTC 1, Android phone (T-Mobile). It comes with "Beats Audio". It was one of the differentiators HTC was using to pitch this phone. (And the sound quality - at least in headphones - is really pretty good.)

What happens to the Beats licensing on Android devices? Will Apple try to strangle HTC, simply yank it (somehow), or let HTC continue to sell phones that compete with iPhone using technology that Apple now owns?

Dr. Dre's version was a lot more entraining than this release, but this is definitely more informative.