Jim Jones would be extremely jealous of the loyalty and devotion some people have to apple.
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Jim Jones would be extremely jealous of the loyalty and devotion some people have to apple.
Consumers have more power than those you've labeled. They can expressed their opinions. Only afterward do they have to vote with their pocketbooks.
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QFT. I would defend Microsoft, for example, for making IE9 and DX11 Vista and 7 only features, whether or not there's a technical reason for it. It's their product. They can do with it as they please, and if I don't like it, well, I have options. Options are why I own Macs and not Windows machines.
CalWizrd said:
QFT. I would defend Microsoft, for example, for making IE9 and DX11 Vista and 7 only features, whether or not there's a technical reason for it. It's their product. They can do with it as they please, and if I don't like it, well, I have options. Options are why I own Macs and not Windows machines.
I know this may be wishful thinking, but:
Siri is in Beta right now. What if they're just giving iPhone 4S users early access to Siri? I know. That's probably not what's going on, but I really hope Apple does decide to release Siri to iPhone 4 users as well. Heck, I'd even pay for the app.
Siri is in Beta right now. What if they're just giving iPhone 4S users early access to Siri? I know. That's probably not what's going on, but I really hope Apple does decide to release Siri to iPhone 4 users as well. Heck, I'd even pay for the app.
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An explanation would be nice.
Judas1 said:
An explanation would be nice.
The loyalty and devotion that I am most proud of are the rights of a company to sell products in whatever formats they choose, and the rights of consumers to purchase them or not, as they see fit.
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I don't see a problem with it if they did decide to release it down the line. That would be fantastic. Probably not going to happen, but I'm not going to complain if it doesn't.
rockman0 said:
I don't see a problem with it if they did decide to release it down the line. That would be fantastic. Probably not going to happen, but I'm not going to complain if it doesn't.
If thats the case, it'll be great. If there's no hardware limitation, and people are willing to pay for it, whats they problem?
You're a consumer right? Figure it out.
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You're the one telling me that I'm misguided about my options. But it's entirely true that I have the option of whether or not to buy a computer and what computer to buy (or phone as the case may be). If you have no support for your statement, you should retract it instead of making snide remarks.
Judas1 said:
You're the one telling me that I'm misguided about my options. But it's entirely true that I have the option of whether or not to buy a computer and what computer to buy (or phone as the case may be). If you have no support for your statement, you should retract it instead of making snide remarks.
The explanation is that, as a consumer, you are supposed to criticize corporations for their decisions instead of making up your own mind.
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How could I have missed that?
r.j.s said:
How could I have missed that?
I'll give you a hint. If you bought a bunch of PC softwares or a bunch of Apple softwares, would it be so easy to switch OS?
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Difficulty to switch products isn't really relevant. I switched to Macs from PCs a few years ago. Clearly I exercised an option there that you're claiming I don't have (or are misguided about having).
Judas1 said:
Difficulty to switch products isn't really relevant. I switched to Macs from PCs a few years ago. Clearly I exercised an option there that you're claiming I don't have (or are misguided about having).
I suppose you are one of those people who just can't take responsibility for their own actions. Sad.
How much easier is it to just complain about the company, than to switch to a different company all together?
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Pretty easy. I assume that's why you're doing it. Not a particularly effective way of getting what you want though. I would at least go find a comment form on Apple's website before complaining on a random forum, though.
Judas1 said:
Pretty easy. I assume that's why you're doing it. Not a particularly effective way of getting what you want though. I would at least go find a comment form on Apple's website before complaining on a random forum, though.
You don't get it at all. I'm more effective criticizing Apple than you are praising it. I'm a consumer. I don't pretend I'm different or more than that.
More accurately, you are a consumer with a gripe who is holding a grudge - which makes you biased.
what does it matter? I'm a consumer, with a real disagreement. I can voice that criticism.
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I don't really see where I praised Apple. I thought I just defended what are perfectly fine business practices.
Edit: Furthermore, what is usually more effective than criticism is voting with your wallet. They don't care about what you think, but they do care about getting your money.
Judas1 said:
I don't really see where I praised Apple. I thought I just defended what are perfectly fine business practices.
Edit: Furthermore, what is usually more effective than criticism is voting with your wallet. They don't care about what you think, but they do care about getting your money.
Are you their business partner? As a consumer, you should be voicing your critiscism.
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I don't have any criticism for Apple. You should be voting with your wallet. Not complaining in a thread they will never see, let alone even care about.
Judas1 said:
I don't have any criticism for Apple. You should be voting with your wallet. Not complaining in a thread they will never see, let alone even care about.
Oh, so everyone should be in agreement with your assessment and start complaining?
As I see it... r.j.s/Stratus Fear/CalWizrd - 1, Judas1 - 0
Enough already.