Yesterday I read the amusing yet disturbing article
Apple to iPod owners: "Eat shit and die" at BoingBoing. It appears Apple is trying everything to stop you from moving your OWN music data stored on your iPod back to your computer. This is what you get when you "upgrade" to the latest iTunes V4.7.
Remember when Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer stated that most iPod users were thieves using stolen music? The Apple fan community was
aghast and had certainly no nice words left for Balmer:
This from a company that knows nothing about "Fair Play".
Balmer is trolling and is also a ****ing retard. Monkey Boy.
This is very typical from Microsoft. They think that if you competitior is doing better than you, you should buy them. If you can't buy them, create bad publicity.
I have a couple of words to say to Mr. Balmer. Unfortunetly, MacRumors' filter would turn them into a bunch of *s.
Microsoft must be ashamed.
Can we say "Inferiority Complex" or "Why didn't we steal that too?".
How ironic, in retrospetive
Balmer was perhaps trying to make some bad press about his competitor, but Apple is now the one who is, in BoingBoing's words,
devoting time, money, and lawyer- and engineer-hours to breaking your iPod and selling it to you as a "fix." I feel sorry for all loyal Apple lovers, who must feel like being stabbed in the back! (not without a big smirk in my face)