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Man, gotta give credit to Jobs on those replies. He's one of the few CEO's out there that actually answers things honestly versus just spewing some marketing lines or other prepared statements. Even if I don't entirely agree with him I have to respect his standpoint, it is his company.

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Agreed. You know, if Jobs would lighten up just a tad, I'd respect him a lot more. He's done great things, but his perception of how far he should impose his views on the world has become distorted.

Gah! See my above rant, but seriously, how is he imposing his views on you when you are the one with the choice of how to spend your money! This is the sort of complaint I would expect to hear about how the government is spending tax dollars, which you don't get a choice about paying or not.

Why can't potential customers or "partners" voice their opinion about what they find crappy about the product they would like to buy or develop for? It's feedback any company would want to get in my opinion. Consumers can't vote with their money but that has far less reach than we would like to assume.

You know...you're right. No single person ever did anything of significance. My vote with my money won't do anything. My vote on election day won't do anything. My life will never amount to anything. I might as well go buy and iPad and bitch about Apple's walled garden...

...nice attitude you've got there

Even if I do great things, I can only do them in so many domains in a single lifetime. In all other domains, my only recourse is to complain about how they should be. The idea that no one can complain unless they would choose to overthrow the status quo within every domain is silly.

Complaining and offering criticism is a different thing than claiming violation of personal freedom. I sometimes wonder if most Americans have forgotten how to criticize without, at the same time, vilifying.

Network effects- just because I don't own an iPhone doesn't mean I don't have to deal with people (more importantly: customers) who do.

Apple is a cult. You either buy into the whole philosophy, or you go elsewhere. Steve has every right to run his company that way -- whether that makes him a dick or not.

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