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| Hi BeastOfBodmin,
I think you make a good set of points. However, where is the surprise about Apple it has always been one of the most closed, proprietary companies out there so it is not a great surprise that it is following the same traditional with the Apple phone. | |
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surprise as such. I was expressing a preference, is all.
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| Where are the Apple Clones ? Where does the Apple operating system run except on Apple hardware ? The thing people love about Macs is the integrated experience and how you get so many bundled programmes with the operating system. | |
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I agree. But it's not for everyone. With my iMAC I'm using maybe 80 - 85% of stuff supplied. I don't use quicktime because I can do better than QT Pro without paying. I don't use Safari. I use X11, perl with CPAN (a bugger to sort out on the MAC). I use iTunes, but I don't have an iPod. I have a different model of MP3 player and some public domain software that lets me integrate well enough with iTunes. I've upgraded the apache server, installed MySQL, etc. etc.
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| Also look at how iTunes is getting into trouble in France and Norway because of restrictive practices. | |
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If Apple were a monopoly in the PC world instead of a niche player, they'd no doubt get into the same depth of hot water that, say, Microsoft do. Apple "get away with it" because they're not big enough to distort the market to the detriment of consumers as a whole.