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Re:Apple's Mistake by kylec on Thursday November 19, 2009 @02:28PM (#950873)
Since the "1984 incident" I trust Amazon even less than I trust Apple. At least Apple doesn't yank music/apps/whatever off their customers' devices.
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Re:Apple's Mistake by akkartik on Thursday November 19, 2009 @08:58PM (#951675)
Instead you just "lose" music on your ipod willy-nilly.

Amazon apologized; it's unlikely they'll delete books again. I trust them more.

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Re:Apple's Mistake by bkudria on Thursday November 19, 2009 @02:41PM (#950912)
I suspect because it's difficult for them to technically do so. They would have pulled the GV Mobile app in an instant, if they could have, but the iPhone OS doesn't have this capability. The Kindle does.
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Re:Apple's Mistake by boucher on Thursday November 19, 2009 @02:47PM (#950926)
Actually, they do have this capability, but they haven't used it.
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Re:Apple's Mistake by tsetse-fly on Thursday November 19, 2009 @06:41PM (#951467)
Why would it be technically difficult for Apple to remove apps from your phone? Implementing a backdoor in your own software is fairly trivial.
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