Two things about Apple

TWO THINGS REALLY piss me off about Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). First, you cannot bet on a long-lasting iPod. Although my personal experience with the iPod is very positive, most people I know have bought two iPods during the time I have run mine. It's as though Apple designs its hardware with failure in mind at the 14 month point. That's a recurring theme on the Daily Source Code as well. I also don't like Apple's lock-outs.

Mark Pilgrim explains:

I would like to point out that it is entirely Apple's choice that their operating system does not run on my new Lenovo ThinkCentre. I'm not saying it was a bad business decision — they are a hardware company, after all — but it is particularly galling to realize that if I bought a new Mac, I would be subsidizing the development of an operating system that contains code whose sole purpose is to lock me into a specific hardware platform. I realize that most people don't look at it that way, but there it is.

And,

I'm creating things now that I want to be able to read, hear, watch, search, and filter 50 years from now. Despite all their emphasis on content creators, Apple has made it clear that they do not share this goal. Openness is not a cargo cult. Some get it, some don't. Apple doesn't.

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Mark Pilgrim -- "When the bough breaks"
Doc Searls -- "Hard lessons"

Bonus Links to Alternatives:

• Safari?  No thanks. Choose Firefox or Camino.
• iChat?  Use AdiumX because it talks to everyone, not just your business partners.
• QuickTime?  Try VLC since it plays everything, and in full-screen.
• Terminal? Check out iTerm and its tabs.

 

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