vlad321 said:
Me too. Their business practices are just as bad, if not worse, than Microsoft's and then they go around trying to act as if nothing has happened. You'd think the fact they got rocked in the PC war BECAUSE of their shitty practices (only Apple HW can have Apple SW). If Microsoft hadn't spawned and we onlny had Apple back in the day, the current state of the world would have been a much MUCH darker place. |
I don't see any problem with the Apple business practice you mentioned. The reason the MacOSX runs so well is because the programmers knew exactly what hardware the OS was going to be run on. Also, since they make the hardware, and they make the software, they have every right to make their software only work on their hardware. In fact, one of the nice things about installing MacOSX is that there is no cd-keys or activation. Why should they be concerned about DRM when only their hardware can run the OS. However, if you do not like the HW/SW restriction, you have every right not to buy their product. It does not amount to dishonest business practice though.
