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

Posted by Zonk on 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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  1. fr0st by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fist prost!

  2. Re:Good way to turn a positive thing negative by Jeff+DeMaagd · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Java isn't an innovation. I wouldn't wish Java on any phone. It has its place, but man is it miserable to use on a handheld device.

  3. Re:Good way to turn a positive thing negative by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    "He who would trade liberty for security will have neither"

    Your Franklin "quote" is a far cry from what he actually said.

  4. Re:Good way to turn a positive thing negative by the_B0fh · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Play snake? Hell, microwave the damned snake and eat it. Yummy. Rattler for lunch.

  5. Re:Good way to turn a positive thing negative by dloose · · 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.