30% Apple

[jack-rp9/bkPP+cDYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org (Jack Coats)]

Thanks Chris, ... You confirmed what I suspected. ...

As much as I like the Apple technology, human engineering, and design, they
are as proprietary and profit only oriented as any of the other big
tech companies
I tend to view with suspicion (M$, Oracle, etc).  Somehow I suspect Google,
but I haven't been convinced about them... yet.

><> ... Jack
  --  Just because you are paranoid, doesn't mean "they" are not out to get you.
  --  If it seems to good to be true, it probably is.

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 7:10 AM, Chris O'Connell <omegahalo-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hi Jack,
> Jailbreaking the iphone will give you the ability to install apps not
> sold/distributed in the App Store.
> Unfortunately, and mostly because jailbreaking is not mainstream, the apps
> distributed to a jailbroken phone aren't as smooth running (if they run at
> all) as those found in the App Store.
> For example, I jailbroke my iphone a few months ago and found that because
> the firmware version was too high on my phone many of the apps (the terminal
> command prompt, wifi hotspot) simply wouldn't load or in some cases wouldn't
> even install.
> Because there is no real competition among app stores using the iPhone a lot
> of the 3rd party apps aren't very polished.
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:02 AM, Jack Coats <jack-rp9/bkPP+cDYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>
>> Just curious, is it possible to get apps to install on an iPhone from
>> a non-Apple store?
>> If so, can the non-Apple store be made the default store when looking for
>> apps?
>>
>> If not, it looks like Apple is both selling the razor and the blades
>> (for those that
>> don't know this is referring back to Gillette's old technique of
>> giving away razors then
>> selling the proprietary blades, back in the 'old days').
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