vicar
If enough peeps vote with their wallet, they will soon reverse their decision.
It's a very ill informed decision based on corporate greed.
nichomach
I think if anything Apple have just managed to **** themselves royally, especially since users of UNMODIFIED phones are reporting that their devices have been bricked or wiped. Looks to me like a measure that surpasses even WGA in its breathtaking imbecility.
I'm no apple fan, but your both VERY wrong, this makes perfect business sense, if i thought apple was a company worth buying shares in, i'd be happy.
When you look at some of the growth industries of late, its always driven by little bits of content, ring tones, wallpapers etc. Its a gold mine. Keeping your device completely locked down means that you can make lots of money of it. Apple have a brand that is trusted by many idoits, as such they can enforce whatever they want, they don't have to proove it has better content than others for people to buy it, think how poor the battery life and interoperability of the iPod are, yet how many they sell. Brand, Brand, Brand.
The other thing is by completely locking, and keeping it locked, they will be more stable, have fewer viruses etc. It really does make a lot of sense.
However, i'd sooner drive a screwdriver up my japseye than give up my HTC smart phone for one of these. (its worth noting, its not only un-locked, but even allows neato debuging of .net apps with excerlent developer support…. wounder why i bought that one?).
Until an Anti-Trust suite comes along, they'll be fine.
