You didn't read the whole article: He also realizes that if Apple proves to be intransigent, and nobody joins his revolution, there's no way he'll bother to ke

You didn't read the whole article: He also realizes that if Apple proves to be intransigent, and nobody joins his revolution, there's no way he'll bother to keep this up for 1,984 days, but it's just such a perfect number to use, and instead he'll keep it up for a few months then give up in disgust and ultimately sell his iPhone when his AT&T contract runs out.