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Group Pushes FCC To Investigate Skype for iPhone
Macworld is reporting that an internet advocacy group has asked the FCC to investigate whether the WiFi-only restriction on the Skype for iPhone app is in violation of federal law. "Since its release on Tuesday, Skype for iPhone has been downloaded more than a million times — that's a rate of six downloads a second, according to the company. All this despite the fact the software only works via the iPhone's Wi-Fi connection, and not AT&T's 3G network. [...] The letter cites the FCC's Internet Policy Statement (PDF link) which states that 'consumers are entitled to run applications and use services of their choice' in order to 'preserve and promote the open and interconnected nature of the public Internet.'"
knowing apple they will make a skype type app so they can charge more $$$ for it and take skype off the istore
And then there are other apps that will follow in the wake.
Just waiting for the dam to burst when it comes to Apple and their crippled world.
However - this isn't limited to Apple, many other manufacturers and telcos are working together to cripple the user experience.
If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker would destroy civilization.