Perhaps you would prefer that they flood your email box with several hundred claims and require you to spend time settling and licensing each independently?
Your ignoring the fact that Apple customers demonstrate a cult like loyalty to the company and to Steve Jobs. If their customers DO realize that Steve was just one cog, then the "childlike wonder" of the products will go back to being just another cool toy.
To start out I want to say that I understand peering is a standard practice which is used by all ISPs. I merely want to examine the facts of the exchange process.
* Comcast wants to charge me for the download and charge L3 for the upload.
* Comcast wants to receive payment for both the upload and download of the same content.
* If L3 were some other consumer/customer of the Comcast network then they would be charged based Bytes/second instead of on Bytes.
You've forgotten EULA clauses which exist solely to remove user rights. I think the best case I can think of for this is the "install on one computer" clauses. If I own more than one computer why should I only be able to install the software I purchased on one of them? Am I also limited to only playing my DVDs on a single player?
EULAs can be used for good, but they are just as often used for evil. Also, why can't they be in terms which can be read and understood by the person who is actually agreeing to them?
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Perhaps you would prefer that they flood your email box with several hundred claims and require you to spend time settling and licensing each independently?
So don't inter-operate with the Microsoft system?
Your ignoring the fact that Apple customers demonstrate a cult like loyalty to the company and to Steve Jobs. If their customers DO realize that Steve was just one cog, then the "childlike wonder" of the products will go back to being just another cool toy.
To start out I want to say that I understand peering is a standard practice which is used by all ISPs. I merely want to examine the facts of the exchange process. * Comcast wants to charge me for the download and charge L3 for the upload. * Comcast wants to receive payment for both the upload and download of the same content. * If L3 were some other consumer/customer of the Comcast network then they would be charged based Bytes/second instead of on Bytes.
You've forgotten EULA clauses which exist solely to remove user rights. I think the best case I can think of for this is the "install on one computer" clauses. If I own more than one computer why should I only be able to install the software I purchased on one of them? Am I also limited to only playing my DVDs on a single player? EULAs can be used for good, but they are just as often used for evil. Also, why can't they be in terms which can be read and understood by the person who is actually agreeing to them?