BBC NEWS | Technology | Apple iPhone warning proves true

[Jay Vaughan]

> I just found it funny that people have complained for years about the
> proprietary Windows environment and how evil M$ is for locking in
> customers into their system. Meanwhile, the oh so cool competitors  
> seem
> to get away with even stronger lock-in tactics (e.g. iTunes/iPod, now
> the iPhone, not to mention their hardware for as long as they  
> existed).
> Double standards. The world is full of them.
>

Definitely the case, but the more things stay the same, the more they  
change.  For sure, nobody is happy about this non-developer friendly  
stance from Apple.  They are definitely protecting their brand.


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Jay Vaughan