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• failix commented on Scam artists con Apple into killing app that tells you when the bus is due in San Francisco
  "I am no shill, I am merely someone who understands the economics of technology. " Maybe you're not a shill, but you're definitely brainwashed. But hey, I don't blame you, one thing apple certainly does very well, is marketing. @Aturley "Did you just call me a dipshit and *smack* me?" So... what are you going to do about it? :)...
• failix commented on Scam artists con Apple into killing app that tells you when the bus is due in San Francisco
  @Aturley: "thank you for demonstrating to everyone that you aren't really here for a reasoned discussion of the issue." That's assuming that a reasoned discussion of the issue is really possible. I don't think so. Most apple users are way too emotional about their favorite company. If it was all about reason and rationality, I don't think we would be even talking about it. "When, in your mind, would something no longer be a fact? I think there's an interesting philosophical point here, and I would be the first to admit that there is some ambiguity." Yes. Honestly I'm not...
• bolamig commented on Scam artists con Apple into killing app that tells you when the bus is due in San Francisco
  I used palm products for more than a decade, but I switched to the ipod touch because palm was always corrupting my data. Despite the fact that I never loaded any apps onto it. Palm just didn't put in the money needed for good QA. If the muni data is available over the internets, it's available over the internets. Trying to prevent people from downloading data exposed on the internet is about as reasonable as trying to prevent people from linking to your webpage....
• chip commented on Scam artists con Apple into killing app that tells you when the bus is due in San Francisco
  @rosenkrantz - Your arguments are absurd. Apple is more then welcome to maintain it's walled garden for the technologically inept, but to actively prevent those with the knowledge to legally install whatever they want is world-class douchery on their part. People have been installing untested third party software on their PCs for over thirty years. It is asinine to think that all of a sudden they're not capable. What if, in the name of quality control, Apple suddenly decided you couldn't install anything on your iMac unless they approved it? You'd throw a fit. If Apple was solely concerned with...
• Lukezor commented on Scam artists con Apple into killing app that tells you when the bus is due in San Francisco
  I think it's great what Apple is doing with the app store. If it wasn't for companies like this, no one would ever even hear the word "antitrust"...