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Apple and the Scalability of Secrecy

Posted by Soulskill on from the ask-the-government-about-that dept.

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.'"

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  1. Re:I PREDICT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Apple's biggest secret: Steve Jobs' HIV infection and the mandatory infection of all Apple employees, including Apple Store employees.

  2. Re:seems kind of stupid by molnarcs · · Score: 0, Troll
    I beg to differ - you take one point out of context, exaggerate it, then ridicule the whole article based on your own exaggeration.

    Actually, this is a rather well written article, with several points you chose to ignore (including the Google Voice fiasco, treatment of App Store developers, his analysis of the changing trends in the press surrounding Apple plus a dozen more).

    I know this is slashdot, and who am I to tell you to RTFA (I don't usually read them myself, I'm more interested in the comments) but in this case it's well worth it. The author doesn't seem to be your usual Apple-basher at all. Not nearly as obviously as parent seems to be an Apple fanboy, dismissing any Apple criticism... "the obvious bias behind such obviously fallacious arguments" ... obviously ;)

  3. Re:I bought an ipod touch today, it's going back. by macs4all · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yep. There's absolutely no way to use an iPod under Linux

    Now, don't you start your whining about your precious Ogg and FLAC or-anything-else-support neither!

    Now STFU, you fucking Troll...

  4. Re:I bought an ipod touch today, it's going back. by Mprx · · Score: 0, Troll

    So they actually managed to make something worse than the one button mouse: the zero button mouse! It's now impossible to click without coming to a clean stop, completely negating the screen edge Fitts's law advantage Apple used to brag about. And the "right click" is the same fake right click as found in the Mighty Mouse, where it's really just a different style of left click, not an independent input channel at all.