Comments on: Linkblogging for 12/10/09 http://andrewhickey.info/2009/10/12/linkblogging-for-121009/ Thoughts on music, science, politics and comics. Mostly comics. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:46:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Andrew Hickey http://andrewhickey.info/2009/10/12/linkblogging-for-121009/comment-page-1/#comment-4024 Andrew Hickey Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:19:59 +0000 http://andrewhickey.info/?p=924#comment-4024 I hate them because Apple are a gigantic multinational corporation who charge ridiculous amounts of money for products which they create by ring-fencing the commons (taking BSD operating systems and closing them up) but who manage to persuade people that by buying their products rather than the near-identical products of their competitors, they're being rebellious - and people actually feel smug for falling for their advertising. I also hate Apple because they have a de facto monopoly on legal downloads of music, while blocking users of competing software from purchasing music from their store. I hate them because Apple are a gigantic multinational corporation who charge ridiculous amounts of money for products which they create by ring-fencing the commons (taking BSD operating systems and closing them up) but who manage to persuade people that by buying their products rather than the near-identical products of their competitors, they’re being rebellious – and people actually feel smug for falling for their advertising.
I also hate Apple because they have a de facto monopoly on legal downloads of music, while blocking users of competing software from purchasing music from their store.

]]> By: Hexar http://andrewhickey.info/2009/10/12/linkblogging-for-121009/comment-page-1/#comment-4021 Hexar Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:45:47 +0000 http://andrewhickey.info/?p=924#comment-4021 ptui? I don't have an iPhone, and I couldn't justify the monthly costs if I wanted one, but I don't get the hate. ptui?

I don’t have an iPhone, and I couldn’t justify the monthly costs if I wanted one, but I don’t get the hate.

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