Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 24th Jul 2008 00:09 UTC
There are no less than five apps to turn my iPhone into a flashlight, yet I can't turn it into a 3G-powered Wi-Fi hotspot. Why? Because the SDK has more restrictions than Guantanamo-devs can't integrate with the OS and have to steer way, way clear of copyright and trademark issues-so the most innovative, game-changing apps might not ever make it to your squeaky clean iPhone." An editorial by Gizmodo. Many kinds of apps (from multi-IM apps running on the background, to copy/paste) require the level of system integration that either is not possible via the existing official API, or that Apple artificially limits via lawyers.
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2007-12-26
I was not talking about convenience, but about letting your self get ripped off. If something is too expensive in the country where I lived people just don't buy it. The prices there are somewhat stable. Where I live now people easily pay 60 euros for fake gym shoos worth 10 at most. Those shoos cost 40 € only one year ago. (very small village)
People ask whatever others are willing to give for it, and if a lot of ignorant people are not critical, prices raise, most incomes do not, that way the rich get richer and the poor more poor.