Apple Is Growing Rotten To The Core, And It’s Likely AT&T’s Fault

Re:Apple Is Growing Rotten To The Core, And It’s Likely AT&T... by ryanwaggoner on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @12:11AM (#727408)

Source? I'd really like to hear more about this.

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Re:Apple Is Growing Rotten To The Core, And It’s Likely AT&T... by callmeed on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @12:29AM (#727426)

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/02/apple-says-jailbreaking...

Basically Apple wants it to be a crime (copyright infringement/DMCA violation) to jailbreak your phone.

I believe they will be ruling in October.

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Re:Apple Is Growing Rotten To The Core, And It’s Likely AT&T... by lallysingh on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @03:04AM (#727572)

You mean apple's in-house legal council argued that it's a DMCA violation to jailbreak a phone. E.g., doing the exact job any decent lawyer would do for their client.

That's a little different from Steve Jobs saying "If you jailbreak your phone, I want you in federal prison."

I'm no apple fanboy or hater (I donate to the EFF, and write this from a macbook pro), but if we want a company to behave "right" (for our definition-of-the-week of "right"), we have to be fair to them first.

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Re:Apple Is Growing Rotten To The Core, And It’s Likely AT&T... by ryanwaggoner on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @12:35AM (#727438)

Really sad. Is this kind of treachery the inevitable result of success?

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Re:Apple Is Growing Rotten To The Core, And It’s Likely AT&T... by jrockway on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @01:57AM (#727520)

No, it's the inevitable result of making it legal for congresspeople to accept bribes. (Oh sorry, not bribes; lobbying money.)

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Re:Apple Is Growing Rotten To The Core, And It’s Likely AT&T... by sachinag on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @02:56AM (#727561)

No, it's campaign contributions. Lobbyists are paid to ostensibly lobby. Of course, a part of lobbying is donating to various candidates and PACs.

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