Speaking of Microsoft, this article reminds me decades past when geeks would whine about Microsoft day after day, year and year. But did that actually accomplish anything? No, the tides did not turn until changing times started to turn Microsoft's cash cows irrelevant by default.
Similarly, Dave Winer releases a very well-written piece decrying Apple's hubris and bad faith, then signs off saying, "Oh btw, I wrote this on an imac while checking my Apple stock on my iphone."
I mean WTF? Apple does not give a fuck about Winer's whining. If Dave and 1,000,000 other people decide not to buy an iPhone then guess what, Steve will care. But he didn't make Apple the success it is by listening to geek ideals.
Guys, isn't it obvious? The antenna problem is inherent to the very design of the iPhone 4. Whatever they did with their signal strength update (which may well have been a lie to cover up a lie as noted by others) was basically all they could do short of going back to the drawing board and completely retooling the entire thing from scratch. Can you imagine the cost of that? Apple is going to take a wait and see approach here. They're not going to bite the bullet unless sales start to take a hit. Most likely this will blow over because they the device is so amazing in other regards, and we'll see that the 2011 revision fixes the problem. If it turns into a real problem they'll take their lumps and fix it mid-cycle, but not because of bloggers whining about it, it'll be because their bottom line is hurting.
>Similarly, Dave Winer releases a very well-written piece decrying Apple's hubris and bad faith, then signs off saying, "Oh btw, I wrote this on an imac while checking my Apple stock on my iphone."
I took that as heading off the crowd that would start up with ad hominems claiming Winer only wrote this because he hates Apple and wants to see them fail. He wants to see them succeed, which is why it sucks that they've handled this issue so poorly.
And I mean, I understand where he's coming from. I think Apple has traditionally built great products and I love my Macbook Pro. That said, I disagree with their walled-garden approach to the iPhone and it's looking increasingly likely that I'll be replacing my MBP with a PC notebook running Linux because of the way they've let OS X stagnate over the past few years.
I want to see Apple continue to make great products, and if they build products I want, I'll buy them. That doesn't mean they get a pass when they do something I think is stupid, however.
Similarly, Dave Winer releases a very well-written piece decrying Apple's hubris and bad faith, then signs off saying, "Oh btw, I wrote this on an imac while checking my Apple stock on my iphone."
I mean WTF? Apple does not give a fuck about Winer's whining. If Dave and 1,000,000 other people decide not to buy an iPhone then guess what, Steve will care. But he didn't make Apple the success it is by listening to geek ideals.
Guys, isn't it obvious? The antenna problem is inherent to the very design of the iPhone 4. Whatever they did with their signal strength update (which may well have been a lie to cover up a lie as noted by others) was basically all they could do short of going back to the drawing board and completely retooling the entire thing from scratch. Can you imagine the cost of that? Apple is going to take a wait and see approach here. They're not going to bite the bullet unless sales start to take a hit. Most likely this will blow over because they the device is so amazing in other regards, and we'll see that the 2011 revision fixes the problem. If it turns into a real problem they'll take their lumps and fix it mid-cycle, but not because of bloggers whining about it, it'll be because their bottom line is hurting.