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Just started http://www.reddit.com/r/boycottapple/ It's about time.
Because their FRAND abuses are 1000x worse than what Apple and Microsoft have been doing. When you have governments (FTC, EU) and non-mobile companies (Intel, HP, Cisco etc) complaining you know it's something serious.
This is fighting stupid with stupid. Oh I know, let's make an online petition to let Apple know how upset we are. Between that and a trending G+ topic, surely they'll change their ways. So that we're clear, since reactionary fanboy downvotes are popular here, I have no desire to part with my beloved Galaxy Nexus or new Macbook Air. I just find it completely inane that this is frontpage HN news.
Lots of boycotts have been successful throughout history, and most of them started small.
Not surprising. If it was trending on Twitter that would be news.
Its surprising because it has stayed their for 2 days. Also most of the technological world (including HN community, based on previous discussion) loath the present patent war which could stifle software innovation based on stupid patents. I wil say Google plus is reflecting the sentiments of Technology Community more then any other social network out there.
Google+ we know has a high percentage of technologically savvy users and in particular Android users. I would be surprised if it wasn't a popular topic on there. But it is no way reflective of (a) the general public or (b) the entire IT community.
I don't understand why #BoycottSomething should be used for protests. Boycotting an influential company is extremely hard. I'm sure that there are more rational ways to protest, instead of trying to boycott a company that actually delivers some of the best products. No company is perfect and Apple's case is just a tip of an iceberg in the whole industry. http://www.dontmakemesteal.com/ is a good example. We know the…
Has Apple actually posted the cash required to enforce the ban? Until confirmed, this is merely doublethink.
Just started http://www.reddit.com/r/boycottapple/ It's about time.
I am assuming you are going to setup /r/boycottsamsung, /r/boycottgoogle, /r/boycotthtc as well ? Because their FRAND abuses are 1000x worse than what Apple and Microsoft have been doing. When you have governments (FTC, EU) and non-mobile companies (Intel, HP, Cisco etc) complaining you know it's something serious.
Samsung have given me a replacement for two monitors that were just out of warranty. They came over and replaced them right then and there. For free. They were just normal 17 inch LCDs. No extra warranty. Google has given me untold GB of emails and made it work just everywhere, even in every text browser. I love Google Authenticator. I use DuckDuckGo, but still acknowledge that Google are a company that knows how to put things together. They do charity, contribute greatly to open source, help endangered languages and at least seem to have a bit more of a conscience. HTC has taken the mobile phone and turned it into something a great deal better. I don't own any of their products, but I can honestly say that my mobile is better because of them.
I'll now let you compare all this to my experiences with Apple over the past two, three years: http://www.reddit.com/r/BoycottApple/comments/vvdfd/my_perso...
Has Apple actually posted the cash required to enforce the ban? Until confirmed, this is merely doublethink.
I don't understand why #BoycottSomething should be used for protests. Boycotting an influential company is extremely hard. I'm sure that there are more rational ways to protest, instead of trying to boycott a company that actually delivers some of the best products. No company is perfect and Apple's case is just a tip of an iceberg in the whole industry. http://www.dontmakemesteal.com/ is a good example. We know the…
If this label of "evil ugly sociopathic corporation" were to stick they could end up in big trouble.
Check out this tweet: https://twitter.com/joeycmiller/status/219271776394412032
The guy's profile says he's a Marketing professor so he knows the angle he's spinning. But this is the kind of thing I would be really worried about if I were Apple.