Rotten apples
Apr. 30th, 2010 09:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
greatbearMany of you might believe that Apple is an elegant, well-run company behind their flashy gadgets. I think it might be more like what's pictured below, given their latest PR foofaraw.
It seems the lost iPhone saga has finally begun to spotlight Apple as being far more Big Brother-ish and anti-consumer than most tech companies, and far more worthy of such a label than Microsoft, the company that so many like to paint as a bully (but not entirely unjustified). I had traditionally balked at buying Macs over the years primarily because I didn't like paying essentially double or more for some rather average hardware, despite having a nearly flawless operating system and UI. Besides, I like rolling my own boxen, creating crazyassed machines that suit me and the way I use them. The latest crop of Macs are still nice, but fall once again under the same entirely-average-hardware-wrapped-in-shiny-for-twice-the-price non-value. Add to that the increased bullying by the company, and my respect for the whole shmegeggeh is kaput.
It'll be interesting to see how this latest episode plays out.
It seems the lost iPhone saga has finally begun to spotlight Apple as being far more Big Brother-ish and anti-consumer than most tech companies, and far more worthy of such a label than Microsoft, the company that so many like to paint as a bully (but not entirely unjustified). I had traditionally balked at buying Macs over the years primarily because I didn't like paying essentially double or more for some rather average hardware, despite having a nearly flawless operating system and UI. Besides, I like rolling my own boxen, creating crazyassed machines that suit me and the way I use them. The latest crop of Macs are still nice, but fall once again under the same entirely-average-hardware-wrapped-in-shiny-for-twice-the-price non-value. Add to that the increased bullying by the company, and my respect for the whole shmegeggeh is kaput.
It'll be interesting to see how this latest episode plays out.
