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Someday You'll Hate Apple (And Google Too)
jfruhlinger writes "Think today's world, where Apple is the innovative underdog, Google is the company that does no evil, and Microsoft sits atop its throne as ruler of an evil empire. Will this state of affairs last forever? You must not remember the days when everybody loved that scrappy upstart Bill Gates. Don Reisinger muses on the fickleness of consumer loves and hates. 'It's that same [level of] success and its own questionable privacy practices that will lead to Google's PR downfall and propel it into a position of disdain going forward. Trust me, the future of Apple and Google may look bright from an economic standpoint, but these companies will be hated one day too. Sad, but true.'"
No we hated Apple, Google for the "Apple Doomsday Clock" some time.
Apple is slowly becoming another Microsoft, which was the point of the parent article. Microsoft was once loved like Apple was back in the 1980's when IBM was the villain.
I have owned Macs before, my Amiga 1000 and 500 was a much better computer than the 68K Macs. The PowerMacs didn't really get good until the G4 and G5 were used, but then OSX got so bloated and Macs so expensive that Apple went the Intel route. Even 1G or 2G of RAM and Leopard still runs slow, too slow for my tastes. Now I look towards ReactOS replacing Windows XP or even using AROS or Haiku or Linux rather than Windows or OSX.
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Every company has "evil built right in." It's called capitalism.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.