Apple won't win that fight either. The Android makers can do every ridiculous thing Apple demands and still sell a cheaper product that will do everything most people want.
I for one can't wait for Apple to return to their pre-2k status as niche purveyors of overpriced shit that hipster douches and hipster douches alone are willing to pay for.
One of the things that will damn Apple is that all the carriers pretty much have iPhones for sale now. And I wonder whose phones they think the carriers will pimp when it costs them $400 in subsidies for an iPhone and $200 for a high end Android phone? Tough decision...do I make $1400 off this sucker paying $100 a month for a cell phone plan, or do I make $1600? I am guessing I know which the vendors will pick.
Used to be the carriers with the iPhone pushed it so hard because other carriers didn't have it. Not true anymore, so why would they push for customers to get an iPhone? In fact, they'll probably wonder why they subsidize it so much any more now that it's not a competitive advantage.
This is why I tell anyone who'll listen about the $30/month (period, no fees, taxes, etc...) plan from T-Mobile and the $45 plan from Straight Talk. The end of the subsidized phone model where they can hide the true cost of the iPhone will _fuck_ Apple.
We should care because Apple started the war by trying to block the sale of competing devices. We should care because all non-iPhone users are paying for the $300-$400 subsidies iPhones demand, versus the smaller $100-$200 subsidies of most Android high end phones. Why do you think cell phone plans are so fucking expensive in the US?
Why? People will shamble down to the trough and spend their $900 for an iPhone, and then go home and show everyone their cool $900 tiny little chunky Apple phone with a tiny little display.
And if you don't think you're paying $900 for that iPhone, you don't understand the subsidized phone model. You're paying $100+ for a monthly phone plan that you could instead go by a bigger, thinner, better phone ($350 Galaxy Nexus) and pay $30 or $45 a month (depending on your data and talk time needs) prepaid.
So you pay $150 or $200 for the phone, then an addition $50 a month for your overpriced contract. That's $600 a year extra, plus the $200 so I was lying - you're actually paying $1400 for your iPhone.
Compare to a $350 phone and baseline $30 (or $45) plan, where you pay...$350 for your phone. And it's bigger, higher resolution, and thinner.
This is why most Apple iPhone users are complete dumbasses. And no, the above analysis doesn't_always_ hold, some family plans bring the per-line cost way down on contract, some people need bizarro plans, etc... But in general if you buy a single our double line and an iPhone on Verizon/AT&T especially you are just pissing your money away like a moron.
He cited no sources. And Android manufacturers should pay nothing to Apple, Apple's patents are obvious and should never have been granted.
I for one wonder how the Apple defenders will respond when Apple releases a "me too" version of the Kindle/Nook/etc.. 7" tablets. Will they smear the iPad mini as "not innovating"?
Apple isn't trying to innovate or foster innovation, the very idea is fucking risible. I think in person I would have a strong desire to just spit on someone who said something so stupid. Apple is, of course, protecting their business which is understandable. They want to stifle innovation and prevent competition. What company doesn't? The problem is we're allowing them to do so by abuse of our broken patent system.
They did. Apple had nothing to do with writing Android or designing Samsung's phones. The "patents" they hold are just obvious implementations that would come to fruition in any design for a smartphone.
You're being ridiculous. They never got into a huff over WebOS because WebOS was nothing more than a very niche product.
The "patents" they hold are silly and can be applied to anyone who makes any kind of phone-ish, mobile-ish product. They will just go after whoever's the biggest threat to them first.
Yes, it does. Go visit HuffingtonPost, for example, and read the comments. Plenty of far left people out there who would love to institute a 90% income tax on the wealthy, and give every dirt poor person a free $40k paycheck a year. Doesn't get much more left than that.
You're right, but the doctrine is wrong. It's nowhere in the Constitution and is an interpretation of the fifth amendment that is contrary to both its spirit and its wording.
"Can't get him in State court? Try him anyway, drag it out for two years. Then when he's acquitted, let's try him in Federal court - drag that out for two years. Then we can cleverly claim since some of the money was from people in other states, they can charge him in those states too. We'll ruin his life completely and there's nothing he can do about it, it's pretty sweet..."
Only it isn't. Microsoft is not preventing anyone from doing anything on devices other than ARM. They have nothing approaching a monopoly on ARM devices and other ARM device vendors also lock down the boot loader.
And yes, I'm using that phrase correctly. OpenGL is not faster than Direct3D, so the whole "I'm just asking a question!" aspect of the summary is silly.
Direct3D is used because it's faster and supports more features of the hardware. Valve's incompetence does not change this fact.
No, you misunderstand. I don't care about that. There has to be some sort of rule, and "Y chromosome = male" is a very simple rule which will work almost all of the time. There exists no perfect system, so use one that's simple.
Rubbish. Samsung is still free to innovate and has a massive profit motive to do so. You're just spouting the Apple party line, and it's very, very silly. This trial is about obvious patents on obvious things and Apple trying to use them to prevent competition.
I don't get the "voice of reason" people who think we shouldn't judge companies based on their behavior. Apple is a company of fucksticks, and I will bad-mouth them and not buy any of their products. I'm not saying they should be shut down, though I'd laugh if they were sued for anti-trust issues.
I can multi-task in my hate. I can hate the laws, hate the idiots who passed them, and hate the scum companies who abuse them.
Who the fuck are you, anyway? The "you're not allowed to understand more than I do" police? What kind of shit comfort is this you're bragging about, sir? All you money can't buy you not being a moron, so what is that all about?
Aww, that's what's so cute about you! You think you've cracked the case! You're like the Murder She Wrote of life's mysteries!
As for being a moron - nobody's keeping track so I don't care if I'm a moron, only about quality of life.
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Meh, hipster douches are found in all walks of life. In all seriousness, paying an extra $500 Mac tax doesn't seem like a good use of taxpayer funds.
They are. Next question?
Apple didn't sue Nokia for the N9 because nobody cares about the N9 in terms of a business threat, not because it doesn't "infringe" their "patents".
Apple won't win that fight either. The Android makers can do every ridiculous thing Apple demands and still sell a cheaper product that will do everything most people want.
I for one can't wait for Apple to return to their pre-2k status as niche purveyors of overpriced shit that hipster douches and hipster douches alone are willing to pay for.
One of the things that will damn Apple is that all the carriers pretty much have iPhones for sale now. And I wonder whose phones they think the carriers will pimp when it costs them $400 in subsidies for an iPhone and $200 for a high end Android phone? Tough decision...do I make $1400 off this sucker paying $100 a month for a cell phone plan, or do I make $1600? I am guessing I know which the vendors will pick.
Used to be the carriers with the iPhone pushed it so hard because other carriers didn't have it. Not true anymore, so why would they push for customers to get an iPhone? In fact, they'll probably wonder why they subsidize it so much any more now that it's not a competitive advantage.
This is why I tell anyone who'll listen about the $30/month (period, no fees, taxes, etc...) plan from T-Mobile and the $45 plan from Straight Talk. The end of the subsidized phone model where they can hide the true cost of the iPhone will _fuck_ Apple.
We should care because Apple started the war by trying to block the sale of competing devices. We should care because all non-iPhone users are paying for the $300-$400 subsidies iPhones demand, versus the smaller $100-$200 subsidies of most Android high end phones. Why do you think cell phone plans are so fucking expensive in the US?
Why? People will shamble down to the trough and spend their $900 for an iPhone, and then go home and show everyone their cool $900 tiny little chunky Apple phone with a tiny little display.
And if you don't think you're paying $900 for that iPhone, you don't understand the subsidized phone model. You're paying $100+ for a monthly phone plan that you could instead go by a bigger, thinner, better phone ($350 Galaxy Nexus) and pay $30 or $45 a month (depending on your data and talk time needs) prepaid.
So you pay $150 or $200 for the phone, then an addition $50 a month for your overpriced contract. That's $600 a year extra, plus the $200 so I was lying - you're actually paying $1400 for your iPhone.
Compare to a $350 phone and baseline $30 (or $45) plan, where you pay...$350 for your phone. And it's bigger, higher resolution, and thinner.
This is why most Apple iPhone users are complete dumbasses. And no, the above analysis doesn't_always_ hold, some family plans bring the per-line cost way down on contract, some people need bizarro plans, etc... But in general if you buy a single our double line and an iPhone on Verizon/AT&T especially you are just pissing your money away like a moron.
He cited no sources. And Android manufacturers should pay nothing to Apple, Apple's patents are obvious and should never have been granted.
I for one wonder how the Apple defenders will respond when Apple releases a "me too" version of the Kindle/Nook/etc.. 7" tablets. Will they smear the iPad mini as "not innovating"?
Apple isn't trying to innovate or foster innovation, the very idea is fucking risible. I think in person I would have a strong desire to just spit on someone who said something so stupid. Apple is, of course, protecting their business which is understandable. They want to stifle innovation and prevent competition. What company doesn't? The problem is we're allowing them to do so by abuse of our broken patent system.
They did. Apple had nothing to do with writing Android or designing Samsung's phones. The "patents" they hold are just obvious implementations that would come to fruition in any design for a smartphone.
You're being ridiculous. They never got into a huff over WebOS because WebOS was nothing more than a very niche product.
The "patents" they hold are silly and can be applied to anyone who makes any kind of phone-ish, mobile-ish product. They will just go after whoever's the biggest threat to them first.
Yes, it does. Go visit HuffingtonPost, for example, and read the comments. Plenty of far left people out there who would love to institute a 90% income tax on the wealthy, and give every dirt poor person a free $40k paycheck a year. Doesn't get much more left than that.
Wow, this is really informative. I mean this is in contradiction to other large corporations who are just in it for the lulz.
You're right, but the doctrine is wrong. It's nowhere in the Constitution and is an interpretation of the fifth amendment that is contrary to both its spirit and its wording.
"Can't get him in State court? Try him anyway, drag it out for two years. Then when he's acquitted, let's try him in Federal court - drag that out for two years. Then we can cleverly claim since some of the money was from people in other states, they can charge him in those states too. We'll ruin his life completely and there's nothing he can do about it, it's pretty sweet..."
It's a fucking joke.
Only it isn't. Microsoft is not preventing anyone from doing anything on devices other than ARM. They have nothing approaching a monopoly on ARM devices and other ARM device vendors also lock down the boot loader.
Oh, you mean like many other ARM device makers?
And yes, I'm using that phrase correctly. OpenGL is not faster than Direct3D, so the whole "I'm just asking a question!" aspect of the summary is silly.
Direct3D is used because it's faster and supports more features of the hardware. Valve's incompetence does not change this fact.
No, you misunderstand. I don't care about that. There has to be some sort of rule, and "Y chromosome = male" is a very simple rule which will work almost all of the time. There exists no perfect system, so use one that's simple.
He overcomplicated. Rule would be "If you have a Y chromosome, you are male."
Not a fail. XXY = Man.
It can be. Still a man, has Y chromosome. See how easy that was?
Rubbish. Samsung is still free to innovate and has a massive profit motive to do so. You're just spouting the Apple party line, and it's very, very silly. This trial is about obvious patents on obvious things and Apple trying to use them to prevent competition.
Laughably ridiculous. There is already a profit motive for companies to come up with "really good designs".
I don't get the "voice of reason" people who think we shouldn't judge companies based on their behavior. Apple is a company of fucksticks, and I will bad-mouth them and not buy any of their products. I'm not saying they should be shut down, though I'd laugh if they were sued for anti-trust issues.
I can multi-task in my hate. I can hate the laws, hate the idiots who passed them, and hate the scum companies who abuse them.
Oooh, yeah. And if OJ went to trial for murdering his wife wouldn't the jury find him guilty due to his obvious guilt?
Probably this is an instance of a whoosh on me, because nobody could seriously say what you said and mean it.
Repetitive shill is repetitive...and shilly.
Who the fuck are you, anyway? The "you're not allowed to understand more than I do" police? What kind of shit comfort is this you're bragging about, sir? All you money can't buy you not being a moron, so what is that all about?
Aww, that's what's so cute about you! You think you've cracked the case! You're like the Murder She Wrote of life's mysteries!
As for being a moron - nobody's keeping track so I don't care if I'm a moron, only about quality of life.