[IP] more on Apple

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Dan Gillmor <dan@gillmor.com>
Date: July 29, 2009 4:13:45 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Re: [IP] Digest 1.2129 for ip

> I am beginning to think Apple is joining the evil empire. I think
> that is going to be bad for them in the future. One trip and they
> could find their loyalists moving elsewhere.


Wait until they do their much-rumored new tablet. This will be a big  
test of how evil they plan to be. Will it use the iPhone OS or  
something like it, and officially only allow apps from the Apple  
store? Or will it run the regular MacOS that still includes user  
choice? The company's trajectory and recent history don't give me much  
comfort.

One of the phones I use is a first-generation iPhone, which works fine  
with T-Mobile (though its coverage is certainly not any better than  
AT&T's where I use it), and have several jailbreak-required apps  
including GV, the third-party Google Voice app that Apple rejected,  
apparently because of their deal with AT&T.

But even though the iPhone software is clearly the class of the  
industry, and the device has become my favorite way to watch videos  
and listen to music when traveling, I can't abide Apple's attitude and  
behavior. So I'm moving toward Android (with Symbian still a  
possibility), which, while not nearly as slick, is improving at a  
dramatic rate. I still have an older iPod Touch, which is more than  
good enough for the entertainment stuff.



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