http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/08/23/apple-and-att-say-they-didnt-%e2%80%9cblock%e2%80%9d-google-voice/ Top Technology news Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:30:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/08/23/apple-and-att-say-they-didnt-%e2%80%9cblock%e2%80%9d-google-voice/comment-page-1/#comment-205324 Aquaadverse Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:19:42 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=19280#comment-205324 That would be like forcing an proprietary OS to to force access to browsers......uh, wait. That would be like forcing an proprietary OS to to force access to browsers……uh, wait.

]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/08/23/apple-and-att-say-they-didnt-%e2%80%9cblock%e2%80%9d-google-voice/comment-page-1/#comment-205154 iphonerulez Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:57:52 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=19280#comment-205154 Google Voice app fanboys will continue to fall back on the argument that every other mobile platform is allowed to use it, so why not Apple. As parents often tell rebellious children that just because all your friends are doing something, it doesn't make it right and as long as you live under my roof, you do what I tell you to do. Apparently, a few iPhone users just don't like to follow house rules. They're ungrateful children that hate control. I view the iPhone platform as a well-controlled platform that is strict but fair to the rest of the family in the sense that the majority of users are kept more than satisfied. I base this one the fact that the Apple mobile platform is flourishing extremely well and the other platforms aren't (I think RIM would be the exception). As an Apple investor, I want the Apple iPhone ecosystem to remain under strict control because I feel that Apple is trying to maintain a long term goal of development that only they know where it's headed. Apple is in business to make money and control the mobile industry and I think they're the best qualified to make the decisions. I know Apple isn't in this for humanitarian reasons, but I do know that the majority of non-tech iPhone owners I know say they really enjoy using their iPhones and wouldn't switch to another. I also second the STFU and go use another handset for the whiners. That seems like a very fair alternative. If they think the "other" platform is in every way superior then they should go to it. I'm certain that for every iPhone hater that jumps ship, there'll be 1,000 iPhone converts to take their place. Google Voice app fanboys will continue to fall back on the argument that every other mobile platform is allowed to use it, so why not Apple.
As parents often tell rebellious children that just because all your friends are doing something, it doesn’t make it right and as long as you live under my roof, you do what I tell you to do.
Apparently, a few iPhone users just don’t like to follow house rules. They’re ungrateful children that hate control.
I view the iPhone platform as a well-controlled platform that is strict but fair to the rest of the family in the sense that the majority of users are kept more than satisfied.
I base this one the fact that the Apple mobile platform is flourishing extremely well and the other platforms aren’t (I think RIM would be the exception).
As an Apple investor, I want the Apple iPhone ecosystem to remain under strict control because I feel that Apple is trying to maintain a long term goal of development that only they know where it’s headed. Apple is in business to make money and control the mobile industry and I think they’re the best qualified to make the decisions.
I know Apple isn’t in this for humanitarian reasons, but I do know that the majority of non-tech iPhone owners I know say they really enjoy using their iPhones and wouldn’t switch to another.
I also second the STFU and go use another handset for the whiners. That seems like a very fair alternative. If they think the “other” platform is in every way superior then they should go to it. I’m certain that for every iPhone hater that jumps ship, there’ll be 1,000 iPhone converts to take their place.

]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/08/23/apple-and-att-say-they-didnt-%e2%80%9cblock%e2%80%9d-google-voice/comment-page-1/#comment-205134 DavidB Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:25:54 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=19280#comment-205134 I still say the government has no right to meddle in the affairs of Apple as far as what apps they allow. Nobody has ever contended (least of all Apple) that iPhone is any sort of "open" ecosystem. The Google fanboies ranting that Apple somehow owes them this app, and crying to the feds to encourage an unconstitutional interference, all need to just STFU and trade in their precious little ipod phones for an "open" platform phone. I still say the government has no right to meddle in the affairs of Apple as far as what apps they allow. Nobody has ever contended (least of all Apple) that iPhone is any sort of “open” ecosystem. The Google fanboies ranting that Apple somehow owes them this app, and crying to the feds to encourage an unconstitutional interference, all need to just STFU and trade in their precious little ipod phones for an “open” platform phone.

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