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This is indeed ridiculous. I've always been pretty neutral towards Apple but I this is just appalling. Seemingly they cannot compete with Android in the normal

This is indeed ridiculous. I've always been pretty neutral towards Apple but I this is just appalling. Seemingly they cannot compete with Android in the normal way so they try the patent troll angle. I hope this backfires on them big time. I don't want to live in Apple's locked-down walled garden.

mhd 15y ago
Hardly surprising[1]. And I don't think this will make a big splash against them. The public doesn't care and Apple fanboys will be Apple fanboys. I expect some apologetics any moment on Daring Fireball any moment now… NB: I'm typing this on a Mac. I really like the OS and the desktop/laptop systems, but since they've become the big mobile player, there's not a lot of progress in those fields and they're getting increasingly litigious. Time to install Arch on some spare machine again… [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Computer,_Inc._v._Microsoft_Corporation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Computer,_Inc._v._Microso...
- wladimir 15y ago
  "The public doesn't care": it seems they do, at least here in the Netherlands I see a lot of people (non-techies) angrily complaining about Apple now. There are a few fanboys/apologetics, but most people realize that competition in the smartphone arena is good and Apple is trying to sabotage this by litigation.
monochromatic 15y ago
This is not what "patent troll" means. Apple is not a non-practicing entity.
tjogin 15y ago
Apple can't compete with Android? That's your conclusion? Maybe you should revisit that thought, I mean considering the mountain of evidence (money) to the contrary?
- ditojim 15y ago
  Apple is coming under increasing competition in the mobile phone market, specifically from Android. Despite the buckets of cash Apple has on hand, it is a fair assumption that Apple is increasingly focused on taking down Android by any means possible, including buying tons of patents and taking Android handset OEMs to court.
  - tjogin 15y ago
    That Apple has competition does not mean that they are unable to compete. They are _extremely_ able to compete.
    - ditojim 15y ago
      especially when they block competition via court orders..
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      - 2muchcoffeeman 15y ago
        Litigation does not mean that Apple are unable to compete on equal terms. They are just being jerks and using everything in their arsenal possible to increase what lead they have. They are just another jerky corporation.
white_devil 15y ago
Seemingly they cannot compete with Android in the normal way so they try the patent troll angle. Ah yes, it's overwhelmingly obvious that Apple is the underdog in the mobile phone space! They've never been able to compete on their own, and that's why they resort to such tactics. Look, everyone is suing everyone in utterly ridiculous greed/patent-lawsuits: http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/whos-suing-whom-in-the-telecoms-trade/ http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/whos-suing-whom-i... It's just the way the sad, sad game is played.

mhd 15y ago

Hardly surprising[1]. And I don't think this will make a big splash against them. The public doesn't care and Apple fanboys will be Apple fanboys. I expect some apologetics any moment on Daring Fireball any moment now… NB: I'm typing this on a Mac. I really like the OS and the desktop/laptop systems, but since they've become the big mobile player, there's not a lot of progress in those fields and they're getting increasingly litigious. Time to install Arch on some spare machine again… [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Computer,_Inc._v._Microsoft_Corporation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Computer,_Inc._v._Microso...

wladimir 15y ago
"The public doesn't care": it seems they do, at least here in the Netherlands I see a lot of people (non-techies) angrily complaining about Apple now. There are a few fanboys/apologetics, but most people realize that competition in the smartphone arena is good and Apple is trying to sabotage this by litigation.

monochromatic 15y ago

This is not what "patent troll" means. Apple is not a non-practicing entity.

tjogin 15y ago

Apple can't compete with Android? That's your conclusion? Maybe you should revisit that thought, I mean considering the mountain of evidence (money) to the contrary?

ditojim 15y ago
Apple is coming under increasing competition in the mobile phone market, specifically from Android. Despite the buckets of cash Apple has on hand, it is a fair assumption that Apple is increasingly focused on taking down Android by any means possible, including buying tons of patents and taking Android handset OEMs to court.
- tjogin 15y ago
  That Apple has competition does not mean that they are unable to compete. They are _extremely_ able to compete.
  - ditojim 15y ago
    especially when they block competition via court orders..
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    - 2muchcoffeeman 15y ago
      Litigation does not mean that Apple are unable to compete on equal terms. They are just being jerks and using everything in their arsenal possible to increase what lead they have. They are just another jerky corporation.

white_devil 15y ago

Seemingly they cannot compete with Android in the normal way so they try the patent troll angle. Ah yes, it's overwhelmingly obvious that Apple is the underdog in the mobile phone space! They've never been able to compete on their own, and that's why they resort to such tactics. Look, everyone is suing everyone in utterly ridiculous greed/patent-lawsuits: http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/whos-suing-whom-in-the-telecoms-trade/ http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/whos-suing-whom-i... It's just the way the sad, sad game is played.