On 30 November 2010 13:00, Karsten Silz <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Nov 30, 12:55 pm, Russel Winder <[email protected]> wrote: > > Microsoft may have been the Evil Empire in the past, but compare to what > > Apple are doing these days, Microsoft look like soft cutesy kittens. > > In the mobile world, you can just chose between the "tyrants" you want > to succumb to: Is it Apple who decides which apps you can run (but > leaves the web wide open)? Is it Google that wants to mine all your > web searches, emails, calls, text messages, trips, documents, pictures > and videos to present you "relevant advertisement" (you know you > really want that, don't you?) - teamed up with a phone manufacturer > and a carrier who decide what user interface, features, firmware > updates and crapware you get? Is it Microsoft, the underdog, that > tries to combine the best (or is it the worst?) from Apple and > Google? Or is it Blackberry or Symbian that don't think you need good > apps (maybe just because they don't have them)? I personally chose > Apple, knowing what I would get into. > > Apple are controlling what "relevant adverts" you get too, nowadays. With Android you can create a so-called "gold card", upgrade to an unbranded build and free yourself of carrier crapware. Oh yes, *and* you can still install whatever apps you like on YOUR phone. -- Kevin Wright mail / gtalk / msn : [email protected] pulse / skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
