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Originally Posted by jbcohen
One of the gripes that several of my pals have against apple products is that they are all proprietary and you can not go buy hardware/software from anyone besides apple corp. What do you think is apple corp all about closed ended hardware/software?
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well I do not think that is all they are about but it is true that they want to approve all devices attached to their products and likely get a cut for their efforts. In addition all apps must go through their review and again they get a cut. In particularly I think they are draconian on their Bluetooth support requiring custom changes to make a standard non-standard. I have a Garmin Bluetooth GPS but it has to have custom features to work on Apple devices. A standard Bluetooth is simply not recognized. In addition they are very restrictive on any devices plugged into their i/o port.
On the plus side they encourage updates and fixes to apps and are very good at distributing the fixes.
Dale