Comments on: Apple, What Are You Up To? http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2009/11/16/apple-what-are-you-up-to/ Geek News Central is the technical site for Geeks. We Spin tech for the common man. With a Family of Tech Shows and Content. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ed Spodick http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2009/11/16/apple-what-are-you-up-to/comment-page-1/#comment-7412 Ed Spodick Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:22:12 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=10200#comment-7412 Well spoken! Heck, I've been an Apple user since back in the late 1980's, and I generally love their products and services - especially design. But that won't stop me from dropping them like a hot rock if they start with forced adverts. Even if I don't encounter them because I pay a higher price for the product, the fact that they embrace such a technology would lower my respect for them, which could impact my purchasing habits. Ubuntu is improving rapidly. -Spode Well spoken! Heck, I’ve been an Apple user since back in the late 1980′s, and I generally love their products and services – especially design. But that won’t stop me from dropping them like a hot rock if they start with forced adverts. Even if I don’t encounter them because I pay a higher price for the product, the fact that they embrace such a technology would lower my respect for them, which could impact my purchasing habits. Ubuntu is improving rapidly.

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]]> By: Mark http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2009/11/16/apple-what-are-you-up-to/comment-page-1/#comment-7383 Mark Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:20:58 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=10200#comment-7383 Remember, Uncle Steve knows what's best for us. But seriously, as much as I am not a fan of Apple's control-freak approach to their products, I believe it is not uncommon for large companies to patent technologies they may well never use, if for no other reason than to keep a competitor from using it, or to charge those competitors licensing fees for using the technology. Remember, Uncle Steve knows what’s best for us.
But seriously, as much as I am not a fan of Apple’s control-freak approach to their products, I believe it is not uncommon for large companies to patent technologies they may well never use, if for no other reason than to keep a competitor from using it, or to charge those competitors licensing fees for using the technology.

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