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You could not PAY me to own an Apple product! I will NEVER run OSX, or buy an iPod, or use any other Apple device...until they are truly an OPEN company with OPEN products and pro-consumer policies...like I said...NEVER! :)]]>Aug 3rd 2009 3:31PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/http://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/Aug 7th 2009 11:08PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/http://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/
Sincerely, someone with a modicum of intellect.]]>Aug 22nd 2009 7:52AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/http://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/Aug 3rd 2009 8:36PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/http://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/I use Apple laptops, the MaOS and an iPod and I stop right there.
No iPhone, no .mac account, no iLife, no iPhoto.
It gives me the creeps.]]>Aug 3rd 2009 4:26PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/http://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/Aug 3rd 2009 6:30PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/http://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/
Okay so did I miss anything? ]]>Aug 3rd 2009 4:34PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/http://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/Here is where I stopped reading this comment.]]>Aug 3rd 2009 6:05PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/http://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/
NO

And they didn't know which OS you were running? Seriously how retarded are the employees in Apple stores? An Apple genius couldn't figure out which OS you had...wow. Gives me a lot of faith in that company...]]>Aug 3rd 2009 7:00PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/http://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/Aug 4th 2009 1:16PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/http://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/Aug 14th 2009 12:11AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/http://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/Dec 11th 2009 5:07PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/http://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/Apple are the Mafia.
Look at the facts, they managed to bug every iPod & Mac some ex model brought even 1 off eBay as well as any car he drove or place he regularly visited (now that takes some "pull").
Then there was the Foxconn employee who "committed suicide" after a prototype went missing.
and if Terrence O'Brien "goes missing", Just remember I told you so. haha]]>Aug 3rd 2009 4:39PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/http://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/Aug 5th 2009 9:50AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/http://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/
Apple is a boutique sort of company. They are tiny compared to Microsoft. Saying they don't give enough to charity or make cheapo mini-PCs for the less fortunate is silly; Microsoft is expected to do those things because their resources are dozens of times what Apple's are.

Criticizing them for a closed software/hardware system is also silly when it's this design choice that alleviates many of the sorts of problems users experience with Windows PCs in the first place.

No one is forced to use a Mac. The "tightly integrated apps" are what people PAY for!

This article compares the two companies as if they are the same other than the listed differing activities. It's not quite meaningless, but it's close.]]>Aug 3rd 2009 6:11PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/http://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/
To say their "small" size should protect them is no longer a valid claim. iTunes and the iPod are hugely dominant, with iTunes now the largest music retailer, period. Bigger than Walmart, bigger than Amazon, period. They have enormous clout and power in that market, and their practices have been hugely anti-competitive while their iPod line has been largely iterative, not innovative, for years because of their dominance. The world doesn't benefit when the world's largest maker of portable music players *still* doesn't even include a radio in any of their players, among other features/innovations that other manufacturers included long ago. Apple's treatment of the iPhone has been even more brutal, and its market share increases every day.

Regarding the claim that Apple is somehow too "small" to do more for the developing world, consider that as of February 2009, Apple was widely reported to be sitting on $15 billion in cash. $15 billion is a huge number to just sit on, yet that's what they've done while suing publications out of business, keeping prices (and profit margins) high, standing by while one of their employees kills himself after an alleged security leak, and claiming the iPhone could be used by terrorists.

At what point does their anti-competitive behavior become big enough to matter? When 90% of the population is shuffling between our iPod, iPhone, and MacBook while hunting for a power outlet to charge them all since they don't give consumers the option of using spare batteries?]]>Aug 4th 2009 8:22PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/http://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/

Apple Market Cap 147B , Microsoft Market Cap 210B . Apple is not a tiny company at all. Microsoft in recent years have been picked on. Bill G has given billions of his own money away so it is hard to fault him on that front. Steve Jobs could learn a few things from him although I don't think his personal wealth ever got near BGs

Apple may of been the underdog but not anymore, they have an insanely large warchest of cash.

Does this mean I want to see things change at apple? No not really, I think they have every right to do business anyway they see fit, we can all decide to not buy their products if it bothers us that much. I personally like the surprise announcements of new tech, with all the spoilers out there with other things its a rare thing to be surprised these days.

What I would like is for Microsoft to be left to do there thing too. Tightly integrate their browser, media player and anything they like into their OS. As long as you can always install an alternative I do not see the problem with anything they do.

The playing field is a lot more level these days and we need to stop bashing one company or another, all the tribal fanboy nonsense i see on the internet is laughable. Both companies make great products, both make some less great products. Buy what suits your needs and enjoy.

]]>Aug 4th 2009 12:56PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/http://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/Aug 4th 2009 1:57PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/http://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/
I'll never buy products from a company that I KNOW act in evil way. I'm not some sort of freaky no-global guy, I just want to spend my money in a more ethical way.
And by the way, the guy who wrote the article should be ashamed by spotting this out and STILL use Apple products.

I use a linux-based system, I'm pretty happy with it, it's could not be shiny as an "AppleThinkDifferentButBuyTheSameAsOthers" products, but it works (it rocks actually) and I'm happy not only with what I've got, but also with what I miss.
And after all: I could always give back what is missing to the community if I could fill the gap by myself.

Enjoy your dirty comfort! Bye]]>May 22nd 2010 10:22AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/http://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/is-apple-more-evil-than-microsoft/Aug 4th 2009 1:58PM