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Apple and the Scalability of Secrecy
RobotsDinner writes "Anil Dash has a thoughtful exploration of Apple's notorious devotion to secrecy, and argues that not only is there a limit to its feasibility, but that recent events show Apple has reached that limit already. 'If the ethical argument is unpersuasive, then focus on the long-term viability of your marketing and branding efforts, and realize that a technology company that is determined to prevent information from being spread is an organization at war with itself. Civil wars are expensive, have no winners, and incur lots of casualties.'"
I'll be the first of the (of course) many people to say I will give my life on the front lines against apples secrecy.
Apple are very good at obscuring things instead of securing them. I'm not saying they're the only one who are doing it, but hey, does anyone remember the 8400M/8600M fiasco? Apple said it was a PC issue only, thus not affecting Macs (My ass!). But what tops it all is the use of ads stating Mac user don't need to use antivirus software, resulting in said users spreading viruses when their machine is a "symptom-free carrier."
"The body may heal, but the mind is not always so resilient." -- Deus Ex: Human Revolution
it took me 45 minutes to figure out how to play music on the damn thing
It took you 45 minutes to figure out how to use an iPod, and you're somehow capable of using a web browser and navigating to /.?
I've given iPods to little kids who've figured them out in about as much time as it took to connect the USB cable.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
I work at Apple and I know exactly how scalable our system of secrecy is.
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Thing is, I can't tell you about it since it is, itself, a secret. Sorry!
Shit you know the fanboys are angry when a run of the mill first post gets modded troll rather than offtopic or redundant. Apple fanboys are angry and they will burn a pre-school full of kids over it.