http://andrewhy.de/my-relationship-with-apple-is-like-my-relationship-with-the-democratic-party/ Founder of Startup Weekend and Startup Enthusiast Based in Boulder, Colorado Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:20:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://andrewhy.de/my-relationship-with-apple-is-like-my-relationship-with-the-democratic-party/comment-page-1/#comment-26490 Sylvia Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:55:40 +0000 http://andrewhyde.net/?p=581#comment-26490 I thought Apple was the BEST! I thought Apple was the BEST!

]]> http://andrewhy.de/my-relationship-with-apple-is-like-my-relationship-with-the-democratic-party/comment-page-1/#comment-23957 Brett Borders Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:30:28 +0000 http://andrewhyde.net/?p=581#comment-23957 I was a huge Apple boy for 3 years until the dawn of iPhone / Leopard. That is when the company jumped the shark - and I, sadly, lost my ability to fully trust them. Their motto used to be "Think Different" and now it seems to be "Think mainstream: sign contracts with Starbucks, AT&T, BMI and John Mayer." They aspire to be a shiner, hipper, greedier M$ or AOL type mega-portal more aimed at the home consumer market. I've had rough experiences with my $600 dollar iPhone with a funny headphone jack and non-working bluetooth, my $2499 MacBook pro that required service 6 times and put me out of business for weeks, Leopard crashing or fudging almost as much as XP, and new devices like AppleTV and iPhone that have to be hacked and "jailbroken" to access your own data and run progams of your choosing. I don't like planned obsolescence, I don't like proprietary formats, I ESPECIALLY don't like AOL-like music software that is locked to one store and one line of devices- and designed to frustrate you into giving up your choices. I've you've been doing digital music since Amiga .MODs it's really hard to swallow - but it might be okay for a digital music newbie or aren't particular about file management , flexibility, formats, device freedom, etc. I don't want to dislike Apple, but I can no longer trust that they won't sell their soul to the devil at the cost of my own flexibility and user experience. I was a huge Apple boy for 3 years until the dawn of iPhone / Leopard. That is when the company jumped the shark – and I, sadly, lost my ability to fully trust them. Their motto used to be "Think Different" and now it seems to be "Think mainstream: sign contracts with Starbucks, AT&T, BMI and John Mayer." They aspire to be a shiner, hipper, greedier M$ or AOL type mega-portal more aimed at the home consumer market. I've had rough experiences with my $600 dollar iPhone with a funny headphone jack and non-working bluetooth, my $2499 MacBook pro that required service 6 times and put me out of business for weeks, Leopard crashing or fudging almost as much as XP, and new devices like AppleTV and iPhone that have to be hacked and "jailbroken" to access your own data and run progams of your choosing. I don't like planned obsolescence, I don't like proprietary formats, I ESPECIALLY don't like AOL-like music software that is locked to one store and one line of devices- and designed to frustrate you into giving up your choices. I've you've been doing digital music since Amiga .MODs it's really hard to swallow – but it might be okay for a digital music newbie or aren't particular about file management , flexibility, formats, device freedom, etc. I don't want to dislike Apple, but I can no longer trust that they won't sell their soul to the devil at the cost of my own flexibility and user experience.

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