Hope you don’t get inundated by the APPLE Mac fundamentalists…

bob

This is my blog and it is here for me to post my opinions.. If you don’t like my content, go away, don’t tell me I have to write something else.

No one said my opinion matters more than anyone else’s. If you’re referring to above, I was just responding to a guy who said he was a “long time user” but sported a new email address.

My opinion matters as one consumer only. BUT… I think I represent many other Apple fans who follow the company’s actions. So yes, I think when I lose my patience with them, it suggests others may be reaching breaking point too. I don’t know why that point is so hard to digest here. I represent one kind of Apple user, and there are many like me, so Apple should be scared when I say “you’ve lost my money.” I’ve dropped over $10,000 on Apple’s products. That’s just me – when you add in the others – and there are MANY others, it adds up.

People who come here and call me names don’t affect me. You won’t change my mind: Apple is doing shitty things to its developers and its whole ecosystem; I won’t let them off the hook. The punks who suggest that I have a chip on my shoulder for expecting more from a company I patronize don’t faze me. This world has enough apathetic pansies who don’t care. I do.

I agree with smokingman. I was directed to your site through a google search for something worthwhile. Instead, I found your arrogant blog.

Stop hating so much. Lose the chip on your shoulder. You sound smart, write something a little more objective.

Your opinion doesnt matter more just because you have been doing something a little longer than everyone else or just because you know how to write code, hold a MS pedigree, etc.

What a waste of time.

“Apple’s success is ENTIRELY due to people like me”, that says it all about your ego.

Actually, it has nothing to do with ego, and entirely to do with the truth. Apple’s success is most definitely NOT due to Apple. It’s due to their loyal customers, people like me, people routinely BUYING and UPGRADING their products, faithfully. No matter what Apple did, if people didn’t buy it, it wouldn’t matter. Your logic seems to be “Fuck the customer,” which seems likely to be the reason you’re in the dark tip-tapping away anonymously on a blog. See how far that gets you, Ace.

Nothing is more annoying that an old time Mac user who pines for the “good old days” when it was just the few on the platform.

Apple’s success is ENTIRELY due to all people working at Apple, from Steve to the last engineer in the pipeline, not to you or people like you.

By the way, my first mac was a Plus, and have never left the platform since then. I don’t need to a .mac account to show it proudly, do you?

Regards,

The platform was much better before switchers like you came. Please leave and don’t come back to the platform.

Thanks a lot

I don’t think the biggest problem is AT&T. Yes, you can blame them for the Google Voice issue to a degree. You can blame them for the Skype and Slingbox issues. But there’s not much else you can really blame them for. Duplicate functionality is Apple’s thing. Their Mail app is only so good. I’d love to see a native Gmail app. There’s no excuse why Latitude couldn’t be added to the native Maps app. Those issues are Apple being big brother. They’re Apple being arrogant, believing that nothing other than what they allow is worthy.

I went iPhone because of a lack of decent Android hardware. The software is great, but the hardware leaves a whole lot to be desired with the G1 and the myTouch 3G. That being said, I’m only locked into AT&T for 2 years. When those 2 years are up, I will be revisiting the smartphone market. The 2 biggest reasons I wanted an Android device over the iPhone were the openness of the platform and the fact that I use Google for just about everything. I rarely use the iPhone as an iPod (that will likely change with my cross country trip in October). Most of the apps I use have equivalent apps in Android. In fact, in 2 years, I expect there to be more apps. I like Gmail for the features the web app gives. I don’t use the web app because it’s not as good as using the native Mail app.

The biggest reason you can’t point fingers at AT&T is because Apple has chosen to make them the exclusive carrier with the iPhone. AT&T should be bending over backwards for Apple. I would have never switched from Verizon Wireless had the iPhone been available with them. In fact, I get better reception with VZW at my house than I do with AT&T. Apple should have AT&T by the balls at this point.

Apple is a horrible company. They make great products, but as a company, they are just as bad, if not worse, than those people love to hate (Microsoft comes to mind). Apple does not play well with others. And yes, if things don’t improve with the iPhone app process, I will likely be switching to Android in 2 years (which is a long time). Don’t get me wrong, I love my iPhone, but my hatred for Apple the company is enough to get me to switch.