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Originally Posted by snipenekkid
ahhh, the specious argument that it is always the minority who are complaining. Nope with this issue Apple used these apps to convince people who never had purchased an Apple device to buy one now. I know many people here weighed the decision between a Kindle DX and iPad for months and when the Kindle for iOS was released that sealed the deal.
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All that is speculation on what Apple might do. It the history of iOS devices has there ever been such a "bait-n-switch"? No. Has there been apps that were yanked from the App Store only to reappear again? Yes, plenty of times.
If Apple is being as evil and manipulative as you are portraying them to be, then their decision will backfire on them. The history has shown us that most consumers who boycott companies and products are driven by emotion... and emotions change based on the season of the year, or what they ate for dinner last night.
Every major company is viewed as being evil at one time or another. Sony, MS, McDonalds, Walmart, and now Apple.
...and of course you and others give Amazon a pass on being evil with regard to ebooks... charging the same or MORE as the paper version in spite of the fact that ebooks are more restrictive with regard to giving away/selling. I don't see those harrumphing about Apple's evil-ness holding the same line against Amazon.
Bottom line, this is simply a convenient reason to express anti-Apple sentiment....that's ok, but let's call it what it is.