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#439271 - 08/11/09 12:40 PM "The Case against Apple"
Mike Offline
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Interesting blog/article by Jason Calacanis.

Is Apple becoming the 'new Microsoft'?

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#439274 - 08/11/09 01:23 PM Re: "The Case against Apple" [Re: Mike]
John Rougeux Offline
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ha! Love the comments but thought the article was dumb.

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#439277 - 08/11/09 02:10 PM Re: "The Case against Apple" [Re: Mike]
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I'm half way through it and it reads like somebody who's pissy because Jobs left before breakfast and then never called back after that one night. laugh


Disclaimer: He never called me back, either, but I'm not the kind of MacBabe who cares about breakfast. laugh laugh





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#439290 - 08/11/09 03:34 PM Re: "The Case against Apple" [Re: Lea]
Mike Offline
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My collection of Mac products now includes seven iPods ($1,500), four Mac laptops ($8,000), two Airports ($500), a Time Capsule ($500), two Mac towers ($4,000), a Mac Mini ($600), two iMacs ($4,000) and all three iPhones ($1,500).

Man oh man!! And he's complaining about Apple? shocked
(Must be nice to have all that extra moolah...)

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#439291 - 08/11/09 03:42 PM Re: "The Case against Apple" [Re: Mike]
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Maybe he just has a really severe case of belated buyer's remorse. wink


Seriously, I can't fathom this guy's obsession. I've never read anybody who "reviews" for a living who had that much stuff. Truly weird. I still need to finish reading the piece, but hey ~ Good luck to him when he replaces all his Apple stuff with MS stuff. laugh



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#439295 - 08/11/09 04:36 PM Re: "The Case against Apple" [Re: Lea]
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Registered: 11/04/02
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Loc: Lindale, TX (Tyler)
I thought "Love em and Leave em" was Gates SOP ? blush

bad thing is with Microsoft OS, you get left with viruses !! laugh

Herpes Simplex 7 anyone ?
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#439306 - 08/11/09 05:59 PM Re: "The Case against Apple" [Re: Lea]
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Registered: 04/19/02
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Loc: Hawaii
Seems to me he has been brainwashed by his PC friends .

Correct me if wrong

1. Destroying MP3 player innovation through anti-competitive practices ;

His point is only iPods and therefore anti competitive . I believe only iPod will play AAC , so really he has this wrong . I think other MP3 players can be hacked for iTunes , maybe they don't want to pay apple a fee for iTunes whatever that might be .

2. Monopolistic practices in telecommunications;

This is dead wrong if he took the time to check , top of the line smart phones are all tied to one provider , more so if subsidized . Palm Pre example is tied to Sprint , dumb phones can be bought anywhere .

3. Draconian App Store policies that are, frankly, insulting;

Another dead wrong , Apple main goal was security quality - then you had those porn apps and shake the baby apps that creep in <-- try and imagine if Apple just let any hacker hose up apps at the store , lets call it the iCrap Store .

4. Being a horrible hypocrite by banning other browsers on the iPhone;

Not sure about this one , I believe that Safari for the iPhone is a special build . I don't think Apple is blocking other browsers per say just they are not 100% compatible , besides would you want to download bloated IE to a 8 gig iPhone ?

5. Blocking the Google Voice Application on the iPhone;

I sorta agree with this one - however Apple does have voice command , maybe Apple should allow Google on older iPhones pre 3Gs = Duplicating services does that create buggy possibilities ?
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#439311 - 08/11/09 06:35 PM Re: "The Case against Apple" [Re: carp]
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Those are all really good, carp. You ought to post that on the comments section. Better do it while there's still room, or before he shuts down the criticism. laugh



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#439313 - 08/11/09 06:54 PM Re: "The Case against Apple" [Re: Lea]
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I would but I cannot back all of what I wrote up - Maybe Reboot or someone who can say for sure ?
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