Has Apple Gone Bad?

[Aristotle]

Originally posted by Khaosai

I very much doubt that Apple would use this type of marketing for something "evil". I see more applications that will be beneficial to both the company and the user.

Yeah right. When 30,000+ employee corporations get patents on stuff related to unavoidable advertisements, its rarely for the benefit of the user....

Apple considering ad-supported hardware

[Khaosai]

Originally posted by Aristotle
Actually, they have indeed made many stupid moves and done things their customers hated. That's how they almost went out of business a decade ago, and were saved by a huge cash infusion from Microsoft.

Yeah in the past they did make mistakes, but since Steve Jobs returned as CEO in 1997 Apple has gone nowhere but up. Especially since the iPod release in 2001.

With Steve Jobs being on the list of 5 signatures for the patent I'm going to take the stance that this isn't the evil masterplan for Apple to rule the world via forced advertising.

With everything released on this incident so far there is very little fact on any of the articles besides they applied for a patent for advertising in which the customer has to acknowledge the ad. That's it. Any other paragraph written is the interpretation of the writer on what "may" happen if this patent does gets approved.

Personally before I start boycotting Apple products I'm going to wait and see their announcement for what they plan to do with the patent, rather than the wild interpretations of a few writers.

[Leshrak]

Ever seen a Microsoft machine strangled because the registry has been overtaken with spyware? Those annoying pop-ups in internet explorer that come up every 5 minutes?














So basically this is OS-endorsed, non-removable spyware.


Eat it up, fanbois. Eat it up. I'll stick with my non-infected Windows machine.

[Aristotle]

Originally posted by Khaosai

With Steve Jobs being on the list of 5 signatures for the patent I'm going to take the stance that this isn't the evil masterplan for Apple to rule the world via forced advertising.

After a lifetime of obsession with DRMs, closed architectures, and other anti-consumer stances, why would Steve Jobs suddenly start caring about the consumer?

Steve Jobs cares about Steve Jobs. He doesn't give a crap about the consumer, and his life history of product design kinda shows that. I don't necessarily blame him. It is just idealistic and factually incorrect to think Jobs is any less of a vicious capitalist than say, Bill Gates. He's just not as good at it as Gates.

[Loigan]

Originally posted by Leshrak
Ever seen a Microsoft machine strangled because the registry has been overtaken with spyware? Those annoying pop-ups in internet explorer that come up every 5 minutes?
So basically this is OS-endorsed, non-removable spyware.
Eat it up, fanbois. Eat it up. I'll stick with my non-infected Windows machine.

Hahaha, so true.

[Kard]

Originally posted by Aristotle
After a lifetime of obsession with DRMs

You had me at DRM, I loathe this business model to its filthy odious core.

[Riek]

Wow, Apple must really be trying to get off Santa's list this year.

http://www.theage.com.au/technology/...1203-k7nr.html

[Rosuav]

Originally posted by Riek
Wow, Apple must really be trying to get off Santa's list this year.

http://www.theage.com.au/technology/...1203-k7nr.html

To most people, prior usage is a conclusive argument. And "most people" includes the courts that have jurisdiction over trademarks. Clearly Apple does not have the common sense God gave to a peanut.

Looking at it the other way: What is the use to Apple of winning this? Surely they won't make as much money as they're spending to crush this company. What's in it for them?

[Riek]

Apple lawyers. They just work.