Re:Even Apple will be hated one day
by alaskamiller on Tuesday March 25, 2008 @05:25PM
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1. iPods are priced quite well in their segments. I would offer that you buy other products in the future, Sandisk have quite a few dandy mp3 players.
2. How do you know AT&T is not subsidizing the $399 price point? Apple got the contract because AT&T was willing to share profits and upgrade their service backend. The other companies didn't want to, what exactly are you complaining about?
3. For what it's worth Apple has already said it's going to use iTunes and Software Update to push Safari. http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1286 And it's ultimately up to the end user to install what they want to install. Safari is not an integrated service with iTunes and someone doesn't want to install it (like me) they just uncheck it and press done.
4. I'm of the point that they're forbidding Java and Flash because of its interference with iPhone's UI. And the link your posted is sensationalizing the fact that apps written for iPhone won't be able to download other code to run. Wow. That's sure is a shocker. I'm amazed they even bothered setting up the App Store and reviewgate. It also seems quite poignant to point out that iPhone can't run all those nifty programs.
Like I said, it's a double-edged sword. Apple releases a product/machine and people jump and dance around and demand it be doing this and that and this and that and this. Then everyone and hoops and holler that it doesn't. At the end of the day it's a computer. Apples are meant to look pretty, if you don't like there's plenty of other PC manufacturers ready to take your money. That or you can donate it to save Darfur or something.
2. How do you know AT&T is not subsidizing the $399 price point? Apple got the contract because AT&T was willing to share profits and upgrade their service backend. The other companies didn't want to, what exactly are you complaining about?
3. For what it's worth Apple has already said it's going to use iTunes and Software Update to push Safari. http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1286 And it's ultimately up to the end user to install what they want to install. Safari is not an integrated service with iTunes and someone doesn't want to install it (like me) they just uncheck it and press done.
4. I'm of the point that they're forbidding Java and Flash because of its interference with iPhone's UI. And the link your posted is sensationalizing the fact that apps written for iPhone won't be able to download other code to run. Wow. That's sure is a shocker. I'm amazed they even bothered setting up the App Store and reviewgate. It also seems quite poignant to point out that iPhone can't run all those nifty programs.
Like I said, it's a double-edged sword. Apple releases a product/machine and people jump and dance around and demand it be doing this and that and this and that and this. Then everyone and hoops and holler that it doesn't. At the end of the day it's a computer. Apples are meant to look pretty, if you don't like there's plenty of other PC manufacturers ready to take your money. That or you can donate it to save Darfur or something.