iPhone SDK Rules Block Skype, Firefox, Java ...

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday March 11, 2008 @02:23AM from the nothing-you-wanted-to-use-anyway-right dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Apple's iPhone software development kit is already drawing complaints due to the strict terms of service. Voice over IP apps like Skype that attempt to use the cellular data connection will be blocked. Competing web browsers Firefox and Opera are forbidden. Even Sun is now backpedaling on its recent announcement of a java port, noting that there are some legal issues. Critics are already comparing Apple's methods to Comcast's anti-net neutrality filtering, and Microsoft's Netscape-killing antitrust tactics. Could Apple face government regulators?"

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Re:Good way to turn a positive thing negative by the_B0fh · 2008-03-11 03:08 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Play snake? Hell, microwave the damned snake and eat it. Yummy. Rattler for lunch.
Re:Good way to turn a positive thing negative by dloose · 2008-03-11 03:29 · Score: 1, Offtopic

I'd rather be an iSheep than an Anonymous Coward. If you're gonna troll, at least have the fucking decency to attach your name to it.