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Wow. This is how you write an announcement delivering bad news with class. They are unapologetic for exercising their right to tinker, but feel no need to whine
by shanemhansen 11y ago
Wow. This is how you write an announcement delivering bad news with class. They are unapologetic for exercising their right to tinker, but feel no need to whine about Apple's response.
- uncoder0 11y agoI would have to disagree. They broke an NDA by tearing down and publishing the internals of a device not available for public purchase. I don't they they had a legal 'right to tinker' with the developer unit they received. It'd be a lot different if they bought an already released device from a store and did the same thing. With that being said, their response just sounds like they're trying to save face after screwing up.
- shanemhansen 11y agoYou convinced me. This isn't like taking apart your car.
- monochromatic 11y ago> right to tinker Would that be the right that they (presumably) signed away when accepting pre-release hardware?
- draw_down 11y agoIf you forfeit your right to tinker with something then you don't have a right to tinker with it anymore, but I agree on the tone of the piece.
- eridius 11y agoI actually think they should be apologetic. The developer unit they were sent (for free^Wone dollar) was covered under an NDA, which expressly forbid talking about the device until it was released (which it hasn't yet). So they did not have any right to tinker here (well, they can tinker, but no right to publicly release any info). I'm glad that they're not claiming that Apple was in the wrong for banning the developer account. But I think they should be taking more of a "we screwed up and violated the NDA, which in retrospect was pretty obvious" tone than the "so that happened. live and learn" tone they did take.