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Exactly what laws have Apple been in violation (convicted of) of or are currently being tried on? Note that this is not a criminal investigation going on here.
I'm just about to pull that trigger myself. I would choose the iPhone if it were available on Verizon, but I don't think it's coming in the near future. Given what I've been reading about the Incredible, I doubt I'll really miss the iPhone too much either. After 25+ years following the Apple paradigm, lately their products have not matched my buying needs.
Excuse me!?
First of all they charged me double for exactly the same hardware, made in exactly the same country (China) as what other manufactures would do.
Then they gave me only 1 year guaranty on it while all other manufactures (at least here in Europe) are giving me 3 years instead.
Then equipment started to fall apart as soon as it got out of guaranty brackets (my MBP power adaptor failed after 14 months - had to buy new one, my MBP so called SuperDrive doesn't read disks anymore, my MBP logic board died, admittedly due to NVidia issue but still - and my 20" Cinema Display is dead after only 15 months of use)
Then they lock me into their crap iDevice eco system literally forcing me to JAIL BREAK out of it (what a appropriate name for it!)
Then they limit my experience by not allowing Flash and therefore full internet experience...
Then they lie into my face with some crap "open letters" that kid of 10 could see through and rip apart (yes, I am referring to recent SJ letter)...
Then they impose recent draconian licence agreement rules...
Then they stage open attack on freedom of press by Raiding Gizmo office and taking their computers...
And this is just scratching the surface...
Being unfriendly to customers!?!?!
LOL
Indeed!
And I am not surprised if we see more court cases and similar investigations coming our way in near future...
Apple's been acting like a real cock - towards industry as a whole, towards partners, towards press, towards users and customers... and they deserve everything that came and is coming their way...
Bit childish wouldn't you say? "me, me, me... my, my, my..."
Is that a problem... or a good thing?
I mean, is Apple supposed to exist solely for you? [or any single user?]
[don't worry, they'll flourish all the same... even if every member here switched tomorrow.
]EDIT: i hear Flash works really, really (really!) well on Linux too.
I'm sure that Microsoft's SDK comes with a licensing agreement as well. The $99 fee Apple imposes is not for the but for registering with the App Store to sell your software. Back in the OS9 days as I recall to develop for the Mac platform you needed to purchase Code Warrior (not an apple product) which cost at least $500. XCode is a free download, Visual Studio is $799 retail and Flash sells for $699. So for Apple's dev environment, dev kit, and registration with the App Store it costs a developer $99/year which seems like a great deal for a developer if you ask me, still quite a bit less than upgrading Flash every 18 months, or Visual Studio every 36 months.
Easy fix here . . . exercise your FREEDOM(something you may not be accustomed to in Europe), and choose another computer manufacturer who better suits you. Don't buy an Apple then complain about how poorly it suits you, and how you were ripped off. You have a choice. You made the incorrect one. You KNEW going in that you were only getting one year warranty. You KNEW it was being made in China. You KNEW what price you were paying.
At least I assume you knew all that. Otherwise you're just an ill informed consumer.
At least I assume you knew all that. Otherwise you're just an ill informed consumer.
Excuse me!?
First of all they charged me double for exactly the same hardware, made in exactly the same country (China) as what other manufactures would do.
Then they gave me only 1 year guaranty on it while all other manufactures (at least here in Europe) are giving me 3 years instead.
Then equipment started to fall apart as soon as it got out of guaranty brackets (my MBP power adaptor failed after 14 months - had to buy new one, my MBP so called SuperDrive doesn't read disks anymore, my MBP logic board died, admittedly due to NVidia issue but still - and my 20" Cinema Display is dead after only 15 months of use)
Then they lock me into their crap iDevice eco system literally forcing me to JAIL BREAK out of it (what a appropriate name for it!)
Then they limit my experience by not allowing Flash and therefore full internet experience...
Then they lie into my face with some crap "open letters" that kid of 10 could see through and rip apart (yes, I am referring to recent SJ letter)...
Then they impose recent draconian licence agreement rules...
Then they stage open attack on freedom of press by Raiding Gizmo office and taking their computers...
And this is just scratching the surface...
Being unfriendly to customers!?!?!
LOL
Indeed!
And I am not surprised if we see more court cases and similar investigations coming our way in near future...
Apple's been acting like a real cock - towards industry as a whole, towards partners, towards press, towards users and customers... and they deserve everything that came and is coming their way...
No..
No one else sells anything like the same hardware. Some of the same components. You need to look at the whole package.
I don't know anything about warranties in Europe, but no one forced you to buy it and you could have extended the warranty.
Did you even ask to replace the power adapter, mine was replaced for free after I had my MBP for 3.5 years because they had a known issue.
No one locked you into anything. What app did you need to run that required jailbreaking (I Know you don't have one and your just a troll, but it is fun to ask).
No mobile device on the planet supports flash today....
Again what part is a lie..Flash on mobile devices does not even exist..
I imagine you are talking about the developer agreement..
The police received a legal warrant to search Jason Chens apartment because he was charged with a crime.. The most amusing part is that there is a significant chance that you live in a country that does not even have a free press.
Surface must be scratch resistant..
Being unfriendly to customers!?!?!
LOL
Indeed!
And I am not surprised if we see more court cases and similar investigations coming our way in near future...
Apple's been acting like a real cock - towards industry as a whole, towards partners, towards press, towards users and customers... and they deserve everything that came and is coming their way...
I think I already demonstrated everything else you said was false, so there is no reason to respond to this..
Not true - I can download Apple's SDK for free - I have never for one day paid one cent toward a developer program and I have always been able to download both Xcode and the iPhone SDK for free.
The $99 fee is to distribute applications through iTunes and to get access to Beta versions of the OS.
Jason Chen has not been charged with any crimes yet. The search warrant is concerning the commission of a crime, but nobody has been charged with anything yet.
Hmm.. Flash exists on Nokia N900.
Flash Lite has existed for years.
So, what part of Flash doesn't exist on mobiles?
Start making your excuses!
I'm not saying the performance of Flash is great, however, but your statement is flat out incorrect.
You're right. Here's what Jeff Glueck said back in January...
See the article for more thoughts (as well as argumentative comments):MobileBeat said:
The Flash is always greener: Why the iPhone won’t have Flash anytime soon
Some more recent developments perhaps?
Smartbooks have been delayed by Flash issues, says ARM