Arn't the offshore sites and registars a little out of the juridiction of the state? I could understand(well not really even then) if it was the government of the United States doing this. But the state being able to take things from people over seas just because they accept american gambling? How is that different then shutting down a store in Africa because they run a store that is illegal by american standards and accept US currency? By a state no less.
No but google could have developed a mobile version of openoffice if there isn't one already. That would be a killer app, but the benifit with the androise is that you can develop it yourself if you wanted to.
Can I point out that the parent was saying that back in the day when he did tech repair long long ago in the before time? He did mention that. Back then they were no running on an x86 processor and parts for fixing a mac were a little harder to come by then they are now. Of course that's changed for the mac but what about the iPod I remember their being a big stink because of battery replacement for the iPod. It was hard to get a battery for it. On the iPhone they have shut down apps from being distributed. These are tendencies towards what the parent way saying about the system.
On the one hand I can see why they would want to limit certain hardware for their systems and software for their computers as well. As anyone with half a brain will tell you the reason why apple doesn't have as much stability issues is because of third party intervention. Having third party hardware for a Linux/BSD or Windows machine means having to get new drivers for that hardware that might be written poorly and so on. Apple can control that. I can see them taking that same view point towards the iPhone.
The problem I see with it is when they take that standpoint and muscle out competition for their apps. This is making them a monopoly and in my opinion also a little evil. I don't think they have crossed that line but they are defiantly walking it.
I know I wouldn't want to buy an Apple product because of those limitations. It's a personal choice but it really effects my view of their product. I don't care how apple is comparatively to other phone companies and their apps. The point is that everyone has come to expect better even evolutionary jumps with Apples technology and strategy. They seem to be falling short here. Not to say it's a bad product it's just not at a level I would expect from Apple.
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Arn't the offshore sites and registars a little out of the juridiction of the state? I could understand(well not really even then) if it was the government of the United States doing this. But the state being able to take things from people over seas just because they accept american gambling? How is that different then shutting down a store in Africa because they run a store that is illegal by american standards and accept US currency? By a state no less.
No but google could have developed a mobile version of openoffice if there isn't one already. That would be a killer app, but the benifit with the androise is that you can develop it yourself if you wanted to.
Can I point out that the parent was saying that back in the day when he did tech repair long long ago in the before time? He did mention that. Back then they were no running on an x86 processor and parts for fixing a mac were a little harder to come by then they are now. Of course that's changed for the mac but what about the iPod I remember their being a big stink because of battery replacement for the iPod. It was hard to get a battery for it. On the iPhone they have shut down apps from being distributed. These are tendencies towards what the parent way saying about the system.
On the one hand I can see why they would want to limit certain hardware for their systems and software for their computers as well. As anyone with half a brain will tell you the reason why apple doesn't have as much stability issues is because of third party intervention. Having third party hardware for a Linux/BSD or Windows machine means having to get new drivers for that hardware that might be written poorly and so on. Apple can control that. I can see them taking that same view point towards the iPhone.
The problem I see with it is when they take that standpoint and muscle out competition for their apps. This is making them a monopoly and in my opinion also a little evil. I don't think they have crossed that line but they are defiantly walking it.
I know I wouldn't want to buy an Apple product because of those limitations. It's a personal choice but it really effects my view of their product. I don't care how apple is comparatively to other phone companies and their apps. The point is that everyone has come to expect better even evolutionary jumps with Apples technology and strategy. They seem to be falling short here. Not to say it's a bad product it's just not at a level I would expect from Apple.