Re: "Apple believes deeply in innovation"
@SD3
Apple puts DRM chips in their Lightning charging cords. The only purpose is revenue.
Apple updated their codes with each minor iOS update, locking out aftermarket cables that weren't using genuine DRM chips. In other words, their hidden Apple Tax hadn't been paid. Their only purpose is revenue.
The above, combined with unexpected cable wear out, forced me to purchase an overpriced genuine Lightning cable at short notice. It was Cdn $40. That's the revenue they were after.
Apple are scum. Nice products. But make no mistake, they're sleezy scum. The problem is, they don't even bother to hide it. They depend on willful blindness.
Round 2 is the iPhone 7 headphone socket. Way too obvious.
Round 3 is that laptop with hardly any I/O ports.
The trend is too obvious.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
