This is quite possibly true. I remember when I lived in Moscow there was an opinion poll showing that a majority of Russians thought that Stalin had been a good leader for Russia. Some people just prefers dictators. Me I prefer having free will.
On 6 October 2011 18:01, Mark Tinka <[email protected]> wrote: > On Friday, October 07, 2011 12:07:30 AM Tim Schofield wrote: > >> iTunes?? You mean that shop where you can buy mp3's for a >> markup because the application has an apple logo on? I >> can't access it because I only have a Linux computer and >> Mr Jobs says that makes me bad :-( >> >> I use other mp3 stores that sell me identical music at a >> cheaper price, and I donate the difference to charity. >> Does the music on iTunes sound different than the same >> track from other sites? > > The thing I have appreciated about Jobs is that he has been > able to reasonably justify that ordinary people actually > would not mind having choice taken away from them, and > accept what they are told to take and use by someone else. > > This is even more interesting because there is competition, > and yet folk tend toward the place where choice is stolen > away from them. > > Maybe people don't want the hassle of having to deal with > choice. They just want to be given something that works, and > the trade-off between wading through piles and piles of tech > specs. to make their purchasing decision vs. paying a > premium for a product that does pretty much the same thing > as others on the market, is probably worth it. > > Yes, some people want choice, e.g., how many things does my > Home button on an Android phone do? But, perhaps, most > people don't, e.g., how many things does my Home button on > an iPhone do? > > Mark. > -- WebERP Africa Ltd +447710427049 +256752963327 +255758554413 www.weberpafrica.com _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
