So let me get this straight, you hate the walled garden, so you're going to buy a device where you can't upgrade the software unless the hardware vendor tells you so? Imagine if Acer wouldn't let you upgrade Windows Vista on your PC to Windows 7.
I've never upgraded an OS. I care about software, not OS. All windows os from 95 on have been pretty much the same to me anyway. Drag and drop file system, start menu etc.
I just want to load whatever software I want, have a simple drag and drop file system I can manipulate myself and just be able to plug in and drag and drop and not have to use crap like iTunes and Drop box etc. And have no way to get say a powerpoint from my tablet to my thumb drive while at a conference which makes the iPad useless for my business trips since I still have to have a laptop and there's no sense in bringing both.
Yeah, Steve Jobs convincing the record labels to let Apple drop DRM from music really sucks.
BS. iTunes was one of the last big MP3 stores to drop DRM. They only did so as they were starting to lose business to Amazon and other places that dropped DRM first.
Yeah, cause Kindle already contributed money to Apple's marketing and building the iOS ecosystem. Oh wait, not they didn't. Apple spent time, money, and effort to create a platform with millions of captive customers, and Kindle put a free app on the App store, and used that to market to their customers.
Then they can ban the Kindle app if they don't want that kind of competition. Don't try to take a portion of their e-book sales that they have nothing to do with. That's the same to me as wanting a portion of sales of online purchases made through the web browser.
Right now the one advantage the iPad has as an e-reader is having multiple e-book stores and apps all on one device (iBooks, Kindle, Nook, Kobo etc.). Apple should be happy about that, not trying to drive the apps away.
Otherwise, the iPad isn't a good ereader for novels IMO. LCD screen is hard on the eyes compared to e-ink, it's too big and heavy to hold and read for hours, the battery life stinks compared to the e-ink devices etc.
They're doing it for a real reason - that is Apple is the one making the devices people want to buy, marketing the app store, implementing these "harsh" rules to result in a better experience for the customer (something rare in the corporate world), and they feel they deserve a cut of sales from those that are monetarily benefiting from Apple's work.
Just BS. They don't get a cut of sales from software on the MAC that other companies use to make money. Nor does MS on the PC platform.
Why should the iOS or Android platforms be any different than the Mac and PC platforms? Hardware companies make money by selling hardware. Software companies make money by selling software and content providers make money by selling content. No reason the hardware companies in any case should get money from the other two. They should cater to those companies as the more software and content you have, the more people will buy your hardware.
In both cases, you are letting marketing and image decide for you, rather than your own brain. How about thinking for yourself, and evaluating your needs, and buying a product based on that. If you think for yourself and decide an iPad is not for you, then fine, but to say it's because of image is completely shallow.
It is shallow. But it's not do to marketing in image. It's due to being annoyed to death by apple fans I know, hating the Apple store crowd, hating the legions of Apple loyalists online.
I just hate buying in and being a part of
that. It's shallow but I feel hypocritical buying a device from a company I've actively disliked for years. But I was tired of waiting for a decent tablet from a competitor so I gave in.
Well, I disagree on this being the first - that's ridiculous. Apple just doesn't make bargain basement models. But that's another debate.
That's definitely a big part of the problem. I don't need top of the line specs, don't compare about design when it comes to laptops, desktops etc. So the lack of cheaper options keeps me away from Apple. The only thing I ever bought from them before was a 5th gen iPod Nano, and I've kind of regretted that purchase due to the price and battery life not being great compared to some others I used etc.
Apple prices their accessories in line with other vendors.
All official accessories are overpriced, you're right on that, Apple is just worse on that front in my experience with $30 adapter cables, the overpriced wall charger that doesn't come packed in with iPods, the $40/70 smart covers etc.
Show some self-confidence and be proud that you bought a product based on real needs, rather than just not wanting to be seen with the "hipster" crowd.
The problem is the device
doesn't fit my real needs. It just comes the closest of any of the tablets currently out. I'll begrudgingly use it for a year or two until something that better fits my needs comes out.
