Phil Schiller Responds to App Store Dictionary Censoring

Re:Phil Schiller Responds to App Store Dictionary Censoring by jrockway on Thursday August 06, 2009 @03:07PM (#746162)

The free market answer would be, if you don't like it don't buy an iPhone. That's great, but as technology marches forward there can only be a finite number of companies with the skills and resources to create smart phones, Apple being one of the nicest offerings.

The key here is "one of the nicest". Is it nice if they use your money to control what people can and can't think? And anyway, there is Android, which is just as nice as the iPhone.

I really don't see any major differences between the iPhone and Android, except that Android has the notification drawer and the iPhone shows notifications on the app icon. They both have fine apps available in the same areas, with Android leaning towards more useful apps, like IRC in the background. The basic functionality is the same (except I can use Google Voice for my calls), the browser is the same codebase, etc., etc. So anyone that says they "have to have" an iPhone is probably wrong; Android will get them everything the iPhone has, minus any Apple evilness. (HTC makes nice phones.)

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Re:Phil Schiller Responds to App Store Dictionary Censoring by ihumanable on Thursday August 06, 2009 @04:12PM (#746292)

I agree with you, I actually have a G1 and love it, the problem that I see is that if this behavior is tolerated by Apple, then other carriers / handset makers / marketplace maintainers could start to adopt a similar mindset.

Google has thankfully thrown their weight behind a free marketplace.

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