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Originally Posted by HansTWN
True to some extent (this is exactly what is happening to MS and others), but doesn't that amount to a "dumbing down" the product to the lowest common nominator and hurts those that need the extra functions and can handle it?
But of course there are other reasons, Apple skimped on program memory and has no exchangeable battery. Avoiding background operation does mitigate those flaws somewhat. Most important, however, are economic reasons. They want to make sure that all the apps go through the app store.
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That's all true. But the thing is people who don't like the devices, want hacker stuff, home brew programs and not limited to buying through the app store, should just buy other smart phones.
No need to go around bashing Apple, insulting people with iPhones as sheep etc.
Most people aren't tech heads who care about such things and just want a smart phone for phone calls, text messaging, some light web surfing, and playing with random apps. And they want it to be a simple and intuitive to use as possible. And the iPhone is fantastic for that--again I don't own one, so not a fanboy.
So the iPhone, iPod etc. fits many people's needs. They're not sheep, or kool-aid drinkers. They're buying easy to use products that do everything they need to do, and simply don't need ability to put different files or features on it.
Apple makes products for the mainstream, not techheads. And there's nothing wrong with that. The tech heads have plenty of products out there that are more open and flexible to choose from.