Re: Apple at it again..

["noel_pilot" <noel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm steering well clear of the main topic here but I'm intrigued, if
iTunes in your opinion is so shocking....what do you use?! I've been on
itunes for years and not looked elsewhere since so genuinely interested to
know what i might be missing!


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Andy Powell <ukha@...> wrote:
>
>
> On 18 Jul 2009, at 11:57, Phil Harris wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> >> Behalf
> >> Of David Gumbrell
> >> Sent: 18 July 2009 10:35
> >> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Apple at it again..
> >>
> >> Apple only screws over *disloyal* customers ...
> >>
> >> ;-)
> >
> > Exquese me?
> >
> > I saw the ;-) but if making a new generation product incompatible
> > with a
> > load of 3rd party pieces of kit that they have previously
approved
> > as "Made
> > for iPod" isn't screwing over a wadge of customers then I
don't know
> > what
> > is...
> >
> > Phil
> >
>
>
> While I understand the frustration, you can't expect new generations
> of products
> to always work with old add-ons. Apple can't certify hardware for use
> with the
> iPhone or Ipod Touch if they don't exist at the time. Apple have
> provided 'Works with'
> labeling for both the iPhone and Ipod Touch.  Of course you can't buy
> 'Works with'
> add ons if the thing they 'Works with' doesn't exist.
>
> Having said that I think Apple are cnuts but I do like some of their
> hardware and I certainly like OSX.
>
> However, who the f&$k in their right mind WANTS to use iTunes for
> anything  (other than torture)
> it's the biggest pile of donkey droppings to plop out of those
> cappuccino sipping Cupertino dwellers.
> IMHO anyone that wants to use iTunes for anything deserves the whole
> 'bag of hurt'  that it is.
>
> Of course, if Palm had been more open they'd have used established
> standards, preferably open ones, so
> that the multitude of applications and sync mechanisms already
> available could be used. Palm tried to be
> smart and cheap and failed on the smart part.
>
>
> ---
>
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