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I think that's exactly why people get hung up on it. It's not relevant. If we prove to Apple they're being hypocritical will they change their minds? Of course

by jsz0 17y ago

I think that's exactly why people get hung up on it. It's not relevant. If we prove to Apple they're being hypocritical will they change their minds? Of course not. Does it matter if they were being hypocritical? Not really. Jobs could have alternatively said "life isn't fair, deal with it" and we'd be in the same spot and people would make the same conclusions. It just annoys me that someone always makes the hypocritical argument when a more substantive argument is much more effective.

elblanco 17y ago
People don't like hypocrites. Like it or not, the Apple brand is strongly associate with Jobs. Even here, on HN, an Apple friendly site, many people have announced an end to their support for Apple products (or at least it's giving them some serious pause) both as consumer and as developers. Android is about to get a whole bunch of app developers purely because of this issue.
Qz 17y ago
It's not about proving things to apple, it's about how other people perceive Apple.