Re: Don't buy an iPhone Maybe?
"Apple's iDevices are restricted, and some people, myself included, are quite happy about that."
Oh, that sent a shiver down my spine as Aldous Huxley's spirit rose from the grave.
Never, never be happy with a walled garden. It's a prison. Have you stopped trying to look over the walls yet to see the big world? What walls?
The early days of the internet were full of those - I worked for the biggest - AOL for a SHORT time.
30% on apps. 43.5% on ipad. Lordy lord. Come on, wake up and smell that $10 Starbucks. Ah, but you do get to buy a little slice of misguided snobbery though. Looking down your noses at us! I can feel it through T'internet now as I type.
Here's the Apple rule: If I'm not paying, I'll have it.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
