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Originally Posted by WillysJeepMan
All that is speculation on what Apple might do.
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True, although the speculation is based on what Apple said it was going to do, which makes it a little more reliable.
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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.
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Sure, sometimes they reappeared a year later. But none of them were as core to so many user's experiences as the Kindle app. Not even close.
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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.
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This is not about boycotting. Boycotting is when you don't buy a product you would like to have to protest politically against some actions of the company. No one is suggesting a boycott. Instead, people are suggesting that certain policies are changing some iDevices into products that no longer fit their needs.
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...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.
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This is completely backwards, completely ignorant, and completely wrong.
This post gets and F. Please do research on the Apple, Amazon, and the Agency system, and resubmit.
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Bottom line, this is simply a convenient reason to express anti-Apple sentiment....that's ok, but let's call it what it is.
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Bottom line, you have *no idea* about the issues involved and are merely responding because Apple was criticized.