Stoopid Stuff

Hey Apple!! What the F***???

Wow.  As time passes, these clowns at Apple just get more and more--Well, more like most other American Corporations.  And in case you Apple guys are confused, NO, that is not a compliment.  In case you missed it, Apple is pissed that Real Networks created a software tool that would allow songs in their format to play on the iPod.  Now, I'm just saying what I think, but I have a feeling I'm speaking for a lot of people.  On my computers, my PDA, even my Cell Phone, I BOUGHT the hardware.  One of the rights I believe that gives me is the right to install any software I care to.   It is simply NOT acceptable for the creator of that hardware to tell me I can use it for this purpose, but not for that purpose.  After I buy it, they should no longer have the right to control my useage.  Here's a suggestion:  GIVE the iPods away, or rather, allow them to be used by the consumer while you, Apple, retain ownership.  Yes, just like your cable box.  That way, you would be well within your rights to control the way I use that piece of hardware.  But as soon as you make me BUY it, I can install what I want.  I can throw it off a bridge.  I can glue it to my car as a hood ornament.  Why should Apple even care where I get my songs--As long as I'm listening to them on an iPod, they won.  Well, at least until the battery dies.  But that's another post....

posted by mikey @ 10:41 AM