ultima said:
ishiki said:
ultima said:
ishiki said:
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ultima said:
I do play consoles. Which argument would that be?
Read ClassicGamingWizz's original message and Euphoria's response to that. It sounds like Euphoria accepted what was said by CGW, despite the message not being directed towards him/her specifically. And one of the things in that message was, "they want to give [apple] the monopoly."
LOL. Nobody says apple has a monopoly. But they really want a monopoly from the way they're acting: they want to eliminate all of their competition through lawsuits.
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That's how a lot of businesses get that big... that's what microsoft does, that's what intel does...
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That's not true. I can't remember last time I heard about Microsoft or Intel abusing the legal system. In fact, the only lawsuit I ever remember involving Intel was a couple of years back when AMD accused them of unfair business practices. What apple is doing is blatant abuse of the legal and patent system.
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I guess you haven't worked or known anyone to work against a microsoft or intel competitor. If they see a technology want they try to buy out the company they want. If the small company doesn't budge they abuse the legal system by stealing the idea anywayas and the small company's can't keep up with the legal fees. (apple does this too).
http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/NY-attorney-general-ends-lawsuit-against-Intel-3207727.php
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/16/AR2009121601121.html
http://www.washingtonpolicy.org/publications/opinion/what-happened-microsoft-ruling
Here's some articles on just some of the issues microsoft and intel has had to deal with for being a "monopoly"
The thing is these big company's (samsung is a huge company btw) is just a circle jerk of suing eachother while doing business with eachother it's not just apple suing everyone. Here's one of google (android suing apple).
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/08/21/and-now-google-sues-apple/
And consoles are closed like the iphone... android is open like PC, that was my point. Yet consoles are fine to be closed, but an Iphone isn't?Though you can jailbreak all of them. :)
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Those articles involve antitrust laws, and the corporations were hurting the industry by doing something illegal. What bugs me about this case is that Apple is hurting the industry, but they aren't doing a single illegal thing.
And iPhone's closed, but that doesn't bother me. What made you think I was against that?
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IDK a lot of people in this thread, maybe it wasn't directed at you.
so it's better to hurt the industry doing illegal things (which apple probably does)? Than doing it legally?
As I said before the problem is with the system and the laws. Apple and the other company's will take advantage of it until something is changed. When company's get so big, their bottom line is what matters and if there is a legal way to exploit it they will. (big business's always force themselves to get huge tax breaks to 'stay' in a city to 'provide' jobs for people, while local small business's rarely get such benefit).
Again Apple, Intel, Google, Microsoft all do shady things. Maybe some a bit more than other's.
