They developed a browser because that's what they do. They want to be on as many platforms as possible. They also want to be on the iPhone,
Nothing new here – I happen to work in the browser industry, for decades already, and my work has had a great influence on the market so yeah, I know a few things. Thanks anyway.
...but they know about Apple's approval process, so they announced it beforehand to use the market in order to prevent Apple from silently rejecting it.
Silly isn't it. I mean that Opera needs to put pressure on Apple in order to get their product on the market. You don't agree with that? I mean if only Apple was a little more open and transparent [about the process] but I guess not.
Please stop making these inane comments.
Listen. I understand that you have your own opinion, which is fine by me, for as long as your respect other people here!
People are not going to "file complaints". It doesn't work like that.
The thing is that people already filed complaints about the lack of "Apple openness" [be it unrelated to Opera] but I am not going to reveal anything here, unless you are Per Hellström in which case you know what I am talking about, and where to find me (next Monday).
Opera knows that Apple didn't break the law, and the only thing they are doing is to create public pressure on Apple.
Which is pretty smart marketing to me.
Opera doesn't want Apple to block it. They want to be on the iPhone, which is the point of all of this.
Choice to me is a good thing, and thus it is a shame that a company like Opera needs to put pressure on Apple this way.
No, Microsoft had an actual monopoly, which they illegally abused.
Sure. Microsoft had a technological advantage over say Netscape (don't get me even started) and they used it against us, like Apple is using their powers now by blocking people from installing software. Not the same things in legal terms, but in the end you as consumer are not allowed to install the things you want to install. That is what counts.
And no, Apple's monopoly isn't even a real monopoly. Not in terms of (EU) law, but that's not the way people look at it. And Apple is made aware of it, prominently, because the number of people who use a jail-broken iPhone and/or iPod Touch is stunningly high.
So why do people resort to jail breaking? Simple. They have no other choice, not when they want to have control over their phone – in the EU the contract owner is the legal owner of a subsidized phone, because you will have to pay for it, until death, to get off of it, and as such can do with it what you want.
Note: In the end it's all about the sentiment, peoples perspective about it. What editors like me and bloggers are going to do with it. And a first (short) article about this can be found over at Register.com and I am sure that more will follow, simply because not too many people like the way things are going right now. Unless you are (working for) Apple of course.
