Good lord look at all the CRAPPLE fanboys out tonight!! I simply LOVED this blogpost, as it has confirmed what I've been saying for months. I'm also very glad to see some Apple-Opposers here as well, finally. The Apple-Fanboyism here has gotten a little out of hand. Anyways, Apple is freaking ridiculous. First, they cut Google Latitude. Next, they break Pre, and Palm has Pre synching with iTunes again in less than a day (I freakin' love Palm! haha). Apple needs to start counting their days. Phones are on the market that rival the iPhone, and their platforms are far more open and seamless than trying 200 times over months and months trying to get an app submitted to the Crap Store. Developers have increased the iPhone's functionality by ten fold, only to be rejected or cut from the 3.0 OS upgrade, for either 'using undocumented APIs' or some other bullshit, which directly translates into 'We're threatened by you because you've made a better version of x software for our phone than we ever dreamed possible, and we made the damn thing!'. There were 4 camera apps for the iPhone that got cut during 3.0 upgrade, which made the iPhone camera do more things than Crapple could even fathom. There was night vision, better quality video, all sorts of cool, revolutionary new features, which would have directly related to higher iPhone sales for Apple. These new camera features alone were enough reason to some users to break down and buy an iPhone. But oh no no, the most closed-minded company in the IT world couldn't handle it. Somebody else managed to make a better camera app than their standard camera app, and that just wasn't going to happen. They saw these apps as competing with their own. Developers have to literally jump through hoops to get an app submitted to the Crap Store, which is the ONLY way to get an app on the iPhone outside of the Enterprise License, with which you have to have over 500 employees to qualify for, and I don't think they've given any of those licenses out anyways. You can't load an app onto the iPhone if it isn't digitally signed by almighty apple itself. I'm sorry, but if I spend that kind of money on a smartphone or anything else, that thing is MINE, and I should be able to do what the hell I want to with it. I'm not renting it, I'm not leasing it, and I'm not trading the damn thing back in. I bought it, I own it, I should be able to put whatever app I want to on it. They could easily protect themselves by voiding the warranty/support if a user loaded a non-Apple supported app onto the phone, but noooo, they just won't let you do it at all. I can write an app right now, on my PC, and load it onto my Motorola Windows Mobile phone..as I could with virtually any other platform besides the iPhone. The iPhone got popular because it had more features than any other phone on the market did, but now that has changed. There are phones that do every single thing that the iPhone does, and most cases even better. These phones have wide open platforms, and are a joy to develop for. Apple, developers aren't going to waste the extra effort for forever. The day these newer phones crush the iPhone in sales (which won't be long, don't worry :P) the Crap Store will be empty.
Personally, I can't wait.

I won't lie, Apple does make some decent products (IMO, the iPod and iPhone only). The way they have them blocked in, however, will be the reason for their downfall, which mark my words, is coming. They just can't believe someone can do something better than them with the platform they built. Yes, Apple does have a monopoly - over the Crap Store. By them making the Crap Store the only possible way to load apps onto the iPhone, and with them being the sole judge of what apps get in or not, they have monopolized the hell out of the CRAP Store. Yes, I know, they own it..but how in the hell is it supposed to be a fair market for iPhone developers, when they have to compete with a company that can not only refuse their apps, but let their apps through, let the apps build up a huge userbase, and then pull the plug on them for bullshit reasons? Who in their right fucking mind would invest the time/money into developing an iPhone app? The only reason people do currently is because of the iPhone's popularity. That's it. Not because the like the device, or Apple, its because the iPhone is popular. As soon as this even threatens to change, developers will be bailing out of the Crap Store faster than the citizens of New Orleans during Katrina. If Apple took care of its developers, encouraged innovation, and opened up a bit, developers would stick with the iPhone platform through thick and thin. But that's never going to happen.

The iPod is a damn good device. It's what brought Apple back onto the map, and it was revolutionary. I had one once upon a time, and I loved the thing. Its really sad that they have to ruin a great product because of how closed-minded they are. I should be able to use my iPod on whatever OS I want, and with whatever software I want. I bought this device, I own it. Apple might as well be a rental store the way they treat their customers. Crapple is a company of snobby control freaks, who will soon enough be leaving the game with a black eye. That will be a happy day for me.