I've never liked Apple products, for a whole host of reasons. The arrogance, the hipster-douchebag factor, the lack of good software and games, the arrogance, preferred brand of liberal hippies from Vermont who I have no desire to emulate etc.
Now I've got another reason to dislike Apple and rebel against the spread of the iCult. Turns out Apple is a big old bully and a hypocrite.
I'm sorry, Microsoft. On behalf of Silicon Valley, I’m sorry.
We cursed you, mocked you, labeled you the Evil Empire. Your crime: trying to control the technology world. Sure, we had reason to be upset. During the dawning of the PC era, the Windows operating system made you the most powerful company in tech, and it went to your head.
Your detractors say you intimidated PC makers, crushed Netscape, and tried to turn the web into an extension of the Windows platform. As it turns out, local darling Apple (AAPL) probably would have done the same thing.
Just look at how Apple is behaving today with a fraction of the power you had.
Apple's iTunes has an estimated 87% market share in music downloads, a beachhead it is using to expand its influence in much the same way you used Windows to expand yours. What has Apple done with its dominance? It has refused to let other media players sync with iTunes. It has tried to strong-arm Hollywood into selling content on terms mostly favorable to Cupertino. It has tightly controlled the iPhone ecosystem, insisting that its own iTunes app store serve as the only way to broadly distribute software.
And now, in the Google Voice episode (more on that here), we see Apple blocking perfectly good software that competes with its ideas. When you tried this sort of thing, Microsoft, we called you a bully and went to the feds. Now that Apple’s doing it, we’re calling it … well, we’re not sure what to call it.
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Where is the outrage? Where is the Federal investigation? Oh yeah, liberals adore Apple, so no big deal I guess...
iPod? No thanks, I love my Zune, and the new Zune HD will be even better, plus Zune doesn't make you look like a fag.
iTunes? Nah... Usenet and Amazon pretty much have anything I need for less (or zero) money.
Mac? No thanks, I've got a Dell, and it will connect and synch with my snazzy new Zino HTPC.
iPhone? Dell's got that covered too pretty soon.
Hit the road Mac, and don't ya come back no more no more no more no more.
UPDATE: Stumbled upon this page which shows the correlation between blue states and Mac poularity.
UPDATE: I came across another interesting page that says only 2-3% of Instapundit visitors are using Macs, but 15-25% of Daily Kos visitors are using them. If that doesn't seal the deal I don't know what will!
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