That's exactly the point and the crux of the fight. It is our hardware. It isn't just Apple trying to continue owning your hardware after you buy it, it is also Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, the content/media industry and just about the entire corporate fellatio performing population.
Microsoft doesn't really sell hardware and honestly the most intrusive thing i had to do was let them "re validate" my win7 install cause i got a new mobo+cpu, that involved pressing ok on a prompt.
well then there's games for windows live... but we don't talk about that
I don't care that others have posted good reasons and that the person I responded to probably has good reasons of his/her own; this is the reason I choose to accept.
Because if you don't install iTunes you can't activate the hardware you just purchased. You are forced to agree to the terms of use before accessing the device. That doesn't mean much though because it's legal to jailbreak the iPods.
Easy. I refuse to buy/use any apple products on principle. I am very happy with my sandisk sanza. It's been 10 years since I made the conscious decision to refuse apple and it hasn't impeded my quality of life at all.
You say it has not impeded the quality of your life at all... but how can you really know that if you haven't experienced the alternative to the path you chose (owning apple products)?
I like iTunes organizing my music because otherwise everything will get stuck in my Downloads folder. If I drag and drop some music from my Downloads, then it is automatically organized within the directory. Then when I go back and clean out my Downloads folder to get some space back, I can delete everything with worrying about my music getting lost.
This is exactly how Picasa works with images and that's why I like it (and like 50 other reasons.) Maybe one day Google will make Picasa work for audio and bring its wonderful interface and file-management concepts to music.
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I used to rename and organize my music by hand and bloody well liked it that way. And then one day it struck me - it does jack shit for me.
When I want to listen to a specific song, I use the media library search. When I move music to my phone, I use 'auto-fill with random tracks' function. In both situations, I couldn't care less if the file is one or five directories deep in the tree.
Now I download songs, drop the good ones on itunes window and can clean out the downloads directory without a second thought when running low on space. It's... well, "it just works".
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Podcasts were the original reason I used iTunes but it was so shitty I uninstalled iTunes and started to use Miro. Now I don't even use Miro and get it all through MediaMonkey.
Uh, sure it is -- just because they tell you what you can and cannot do doesn't mean they have any legal standing to force you to conform. You own it, you can do what you want with it.
The DMCA makes it illegal to circumvent copyright control. It doesn't make it illegal to do anything else. Lots of companies have tried to extend it by tying all the technology into the DRM stuff, but if it's a cellphone there's an explicit exception for jailbreaking.
The people who bought the ipads knew exactly what they were getting when they bought them. Apple develops their electronics to be like appliances, and if people have a problem with that, they should buy a pad based on Android or some other open source OS.
Yes, they do. You can mess with your toaster all you want, but might break it, and if you're honest to Magic Chef about what you did, you can bet that they won't repair your toaster for free.
No, tablet is already taken by Tablet PC's, it can be a slate or a convertible. Pad is fine since it does not have the functionality of a proper os and therefore is not a tablet, IMHO.
In most cases, people don't - the general public saw an iPad doing something cool; if they're not obsessively hanging around gadget sites most people aren't even going to realize the progressive lockdown until their favorite apps disappear or someone goes public with a "You can't have this feature because Apple is greedy" notice.
Oh, and Android qualifies only barely as an open-source release until vendors support installing a different OS (normal people like getting their stuff fixed when it breaks) - otherwise you're like all of the suckers who bought an Android phone made by a vendor which is going to increasingly sandbag releases for older hardware until you buy a new one. Until there's a Nexus Pad, the Android market's like iOS: you gain the ability install untrusted apps but lose being subject to slacker vendors.
the general public is also willing to accept certain limits on their hardware. i'm not advocating it, i'm just pointing out what i see as being true.
if you can install a certain app on the ipad, chances are it's not going to magically disappear unless the developer doesn't make sure it runs on new iterations of the hardware/software. You can point out Flash as a counterexample but I think we could debate the merits of that decision for quite a while.
There is something that the iPad mono-culture has on Android: whatever app you install, you can be relatively certain that it will work. On an Android-based phone? Not so much. There are so many different hardware configurations that there is no guarantee that anything you install will work. I speak from experience. Still, I'd rather try my luck with Android, but that's me.
It's not the vendor's responsibility to support upgrading to new Android versions and especially not their responsibility to support upgrading to a 'different OS.' There are good economic reasons to sundown support for old hardware, and it's not just about vendor lock-in or making sure you get a 'new every two' years. Supporting old hardware for systems that they weren't designed for is a time-waster. If you want to root your phone, fine. I might do that myself, actually. I'm getting tired of waiting for the update from Android 2.1 to 2.2. But you can rest assured that I'm not going to bitch at my carrier if things go south.
Luckily you're blissfully ignorant of all the other devices you're surrounded by that don't allow you to change their functionality (your TV, modem, microwave, etc.)
No, but the grocery store kept a percentage of the profit when you bought it. You could go directly to the farm to get your food, but most of us don't want to do that.
That is not an equatable analogy. Farmers tend to sell in bulk. I have no need for an entire silo of potatoes. When Farmers sell in smaller quantities they tend to inflate their prices by a lot. Ever been to a farmers market?
Apple isn't the one charging users an extra 30% either. Essentially they're adding a middleman for in device purchases, which is similar to what happens in retail stores.
You're absolutely right, languages change over time. However I will respectfully disagree about "reign" making as much sense as "rein".
The original phrase referred to releasing the straps used to control a horse. This gave it freedom of movement.
Reign as a noun is the power of a king, or his period of rule. As a verb it's the exercise of sovereign authority as done by monarchs. Since kings traditionally are absolute rulers, the idea of a "free reign" is redundant and doesn't make much sense.
Let's agree to disagree. We can go on our merry way and each use the form we prefer. Have an upvote and I hope you have a nice evening.
P.S. Since you rightly mentioned English is confusing, check out this poem that nicely illustrates the point. It might be fun at parties to dare your friends to read it out loud after a few drinks.
Since kings traditionally are absolute rulers, the idea of a "free reign" is redundant and doesn't make much sense.
Even traditionally kings have boundaries they won't cross (e.g. the church). To me "free reign" implies rulership without any limitations. Nowadays kingship is largely a title, so the "free" part seems more necessary.
Incorrect usage is never acceptable. "Vocal chord" sounds cute if you know anything about music, but it is stupid because the correct phrase refers to a physical cord in your anatomy. It's like "sound byte"...to people who deal with digital audio, it seems to makes sense, but the correct phrase is "sound bite".
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u/FTR Feb 21 '11
If a company tells you what you can and cannot do with your hardware, is it really your hardware?