Well done Martin ! On 17/09/2012, at 2:31 PM, Martin Hill wrote:
> This is the reply I posted to the article below: > > I'm sorry, but complaining about a $35 adapter is frankly silly. Why don't > you go complain about car manufacturers charging an atrocious $400 for a > replacement key remote instead - a far more nefarious example of corporate > greed than Apple's little adapter. > > NFC has been termed "Not For Commerce" because it has been dead in the water > as it requires huge changes by retailers. Apple only supports these sorts of > standards once they become widespread enough to be useful - witness the time > Apple took introducing 3G and 4G in their devices - they waited until there > was enough 3G and 4G coverage to be useful for consumers saving them the > terrible battery life impact inherent with jumping in too soon on early > chipsets. > > Likewise, the ACCC's crusade against Apple re 4G was ridiculous as the > International Telecommunications Union classes Telstra's HSPA+ dual carrier > NextG network as 4G even if Telstra doesn't advertise it as such locally. > > It gives up to 42mbps speeds which is far faster than Vivid Wireless's 4G > WiMax network here in Australia which tops out at a pathetic 5mbps. In > contrast, Apple's iPad 4G has demonstrated real-world speeds of 20mbps on > NextG in Australia. Now you tell me who is putting one over the consumer in > that context? > > @David, this continued witch-hunt against Apple over Chinese working > conditions is unfortunately based on a lot of untruth exacerbated by the > infamous Mike Daisy. For example the topic that started the media frenzy > originally was the supposed suicide cluster at Foxconn, Apple's major Chinese > assembler. The reality which still very few media outlets mention is that > only 17 suicides were verified over a 5 year period. > > This may sound like a lot until you realise that if Foxconn had the same > suicide rate as the rest of China, they would have had 1,320 suicides over > that same timeframe out of their 1.2 million workers. > > Make no mistake about it, these sorts of complaints are nothing but > tall-poppy syndrome and sour grapes > > > On 17/09/2012, at 1:03 PM, Merv Bond <m...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > >> http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=33211 >> Merv >> -- >> The whole psychology of modern disquiet is linked with the sudden >> confrontation with space-time. (Teilhard de Chardin, 'The Phenomenon of >> Man') >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> Regards, Stephen Chape -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20120917/b0d12097/attachment.htm -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
