Irene McC wrote:
quoted 16 lines On 1 Nov 2004 at 12:10, Ian Monroe wrote:
>On 1 Nov 2004 at 12:10, Ian Monroe wrote:
>
>
>
>>I just really hate Apple, and I refuse to buy anything from
>>them for my own use.
>>
>>
>
>What's with hating Apple??? I'm aware of a hate campaign against
>Windoze & all things Gates, but sitting here in South Africa I
>haven't been aware of Apple being painted the Bad Guy.
>
>Please elucidate.
>
>
ppl of earth.. :)
microsoft sucks too, of course. even my grandmother is aware of that :)
its just that every company that gets to a certain size will start to
smell funny.
capitalism has no niches for dedicated company philosophy. with the
effort to control
the MP3-gadgetry market the philosphy of apple has reached a ridiculous
point.
the APPLE is growing unnaturally due to iPod sales and now it is not
possible any
more to preserve the avantgarde-philosophy.. anyway the iPod is a superb
product,
very cleverly designed and desereves its popularity. BUT IT IS also very
much a status
item rather then superlatest technology. if you dig deep in the internet
you´ll find
more advanced stuff. BUT usally with the negative side that the optical
design is weak
or cheesy.. a lot of iPod users do not want the best sounding PortaPro
headphones on their
IPods, they prefer the ugly "sticky-in-your-ears"-quatsch that simply
offers NO bass to the
sense of hearing.. cause it looks sooo techy and slick :) (dont kill me
now, pleeasse. its
the truth... you know it)
regarding iTunes: today apple´s legal activities equals the behaviour of
microsoft´in
other issues.. monopolism as its best. apple is trying hard to push
iTunes in its own way without
actually adopting to other content providers / distributors needs or
philosophy.
they just don´t fucking care. I believe music-industry has to absoluetely
reinvent again and most indie-labels in europe are aware of that. but apple
is like: "so what?"
we´ll see where it ends. i am actually quite curious...
there is no difference anymore between apples and pears. apple just
looks more
sleek as usual...
its this thing with growth.. "unnatural growth" is the traditional
chinese medicinal
term for "cancer" ..
fuck capitalism (when it gets too big) - kudos to capitalism (when it
stays small)
bob humid
p.s.
HAIL ATARI!!!!!!!!!
quoted 12 lines I
>I
>*
>
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org
>For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org
>
>
>
>
>
--
B O B H U M I D @ G R O O V E M A G A Z I N E
( t e c h n o l o g i c a l _ e d i t o r )
c/o
robert feuchtl
aachener strasse 72
50674 köln
germany
+49 (0)221 42 333 42
+49 (0)163 514 85 35
servicelinks:
http://www.groove.de