In some ways you'd expect this from vendors who have very little margin looking for ways out of covering warranties, but apple having such huge margins and the rep of taking care of customers...strange.
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 4:33 PM, TPiwowar <t...@tjpa.com> wrote: > Apple cooks up a scheme so creepy that it would give me second thoughts > about buying one of their products. A built-in system of sensors to monitor > and log "customer abuse" which apparently includes jailbreaking your iphone > that has the ability to shut down the product and void the warranty. This is > far creepier than Windows genuine advantage. > > http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/06/ > apple_working_on_device_abuse_detection_technology.html > > Often companies fail, not because they have been bested by their > competitors, but because they have repeatedly shot themselves in the foot. > Apple looks to be loading its pistol. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
