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I'm pretty tired of this analogy. It doesn't even make sense! Of course Walmart can decide what to carry in its stores. It owns the store, and the land on which

I'm pretty tired of this analogy. It doesn't even make sense! Of course Walmart can decide what to carry in its stores. It owns the store, and the land on which it's built (presumably). The problem is that Apple continues to "own" part of your device even after you've bought it! If I'm Walmart, and I buy some land from XYZ realty to put a store up, I don't have to take orders from XYZ realty about what I can and can't put in my store, or about how I have to produce the goods I want to sell! Now that's a proper analogy.

pohl 17y ago
Why do you equate the brick-and-mortar store to the device - rather than to, say, the AppStore? Apple doesn't continue to own my device, but it does continue to own its store.
- stanleydrew 17y ago
  But that's exactly what i did, isn't it? I suggested the app store is like the brick and mortar store. And the device is like the land the store is built on. Why does the owner of the land continue to own the store?
  - pohl 17y ago
    I would say that the land would equate to the server farms. I don't see how the device is analogous to it.
mbreese 17y ago
No one is forcing you to upgrade your iPhone. If you don't want iPhone OS4 apps and the licensing garbage that entails, then don't use it. Your phone will still have the same functionality as before. It's not like apple is taking away a feature that phones currently have. It's more like walmart opening a brand new store right next to an existing store. Something like an elite walmart (?) and the products in that section were all produced without sweatshop labor. You could still shop at the old store and get the same stuff. Or you could shop at the newer elite walmart next to the old one and get new shinier stuff.
- moultano 17y ago
  My understanding was that apple could remove an app remotely at any time. Is this true?
  - ptomato 17y ago
    Yes, but they never have, even for apps they've removed from the store for violating their ToS. And for what it's worth, they've stated that they will only do that in case an actively malicious app somehow ends up on the store in the first place.

pohl 17y ago

Why do you equate the brick-and-mortar store to the device - rather than to, say, the AppStore? Apple doesn't continue to own my device, but it does continue to own its store.

stanleydrew 17y ago
But that's exactly what i did, isn't it? I suggested the app store is like the brick and mortar store. And the device is like the land the store is built on. Why does the owner of the land continue to own the store?
- pohl 17y ago
  I would say that the land would equate to the server farms. I don't see how the device is analogous to it.

mbreese 17y ago

No one is forcing you to upgrade your iPhone. If you don't want iPhone OS4 apps and the licensing garbage that entails, then don't use it. Your phone will still have the same functionality as before. It's not like apple is taking away a feature that phones currently have. It's more like walmart opening a brand new store right next to an existing store. Something like an elite walmart (?) and the products in that section were all produced without sweatshop labor. You could still shop at the old store and get the same stuff. Or you could shop at the newer elite walmart next to the old one and get new shinier stuff.

moultano 17y ago
My understanding was that apple could remove an app remotely at any time. Is this true?
- ptomato 17y ago
  Yes, but they never have, even for apps they've removed from the store for violating their ToS. And for what it's worth, they've stated that they will only do that in case an actively malicious app somehow ends up on the store in the first place.