Apple's Rivalry With Google Gets Personal

[ChazUK]

From http://www.cracked.com/article_18377_5-reasons-you-should-be-scared-apple_p2.html
"Well, in October of 2009, a new application from Apple landed in the U.S. Patent Office. Apple's idea was to program devices to periodically interrupt users with unskippable ads. The ads would temporarily halt performance of the device in order to "compel attention." That on its own is pretty nightmarish but, innovators that they are, Apple found a way to crank it up to that hard-to-reach "Lovecraftian" level.

Their words:

"Apple can further determine whether a user pays attention to the advertisement. The determination can include performing, while the advertisement is presented, an operation that urges the user to respond; and detecting whether the user responds to the performed operation. If the response is inappropriate or nonexistent, the system will go into lock down mode in some form or other until the user complies. In the case of an iPod, the sound could be disconnected rendering it useless until compliance is met. For the iPhone, no calls will be able to be made or received."

Ho-lee ****."

Original here:
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patent...market-with-hardware-subsidizing-program.html
This was a little more enthusiastic.

My favourite thing about that little patent was towards those that used to spew "LOLLERz, Google will make you watch an ad to receive a call on an Android phone ROTFLMAO! " then Apple patent forced interaction in ads.....

 

[ThinkerIV]

This is disappointing

I found this article very disappointing. I (used to) look up to both Google and Apple as model companies. Why do they have to act like this? I like what this guy has to say on his website. I agree with him that technology is best advanced when people work together, not sit and fight. Quit stiffling innovation.

I wish they would grow up and quit acting like this. Just last night I was bragging to my friends about how cool they both are. I gues I was wrong.