So does this make me an "Anti-Apple Troll?" Or am I still allowed to object to Apple's newfound moral incoherency without falling into applostacy? And what of boycotts? Are they effective? Or are there other, better strategies for a situation like this?
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To: Springfield Reformer
Glad I’ve never been an apple owner and can now assure you never will be.
2 posted on
01/06/2011 12:44:21 PM PST by
diverteach
(If I find liberals in heaven after my death.....I WILL BE PISSED!!!)
To: Springfield Reformer
3 posted on
01/06/2011 12:46:16 PM PST by
pnh102
(Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
To: Springfield Reformer
Does that mean there will be no Koran apps forth coming.
4 posted on
01/06/2011 12:46:46 PM PST by
Pontiac
To: Springfield Reformer
This from the people who stole the trademark from the Beatles.
So, Christianity is objectionable and potentially harmful but stealing trademarks and who knows what else is ok?
7 posted on
01/06/2011 12:47:48 PM PST by
Beowulf9
To: Springfield Reformer
“Harmful to others” the truth has a way of doing that.
8 posted on
01/06/2011 12:50:21 PM PST by
stevio
(God, guns, guts.)
To: Springfield Reformer
Ironic considering that when APPLE COMPUTER first started, I read that the logo was based on the ‘fruit of knowledge’ that Eve ate, in the Bible Story.
If that was actually true, then it would mean APPLE based their logo on a concept from a Bible story.
9 posted on
01/06/2011 12:51:05 PM PST by
UCANSEE2
(Lame and ill-informed post)
To: Springfield Reformer
I knew there was a subliminal reason I didn’t like Apple. Now I know.
10 posted on
01/06/2011 12:51:11 PM PST by
ReverendJames
(Only A Lawyer, A Painter, A Politician And The Media Can Change Black To White)
To: Springfield Reformer
This situation was posted on FR in the past few weeks (Can’t remember exactly when). I still cannot totally believe there isn’t another side to this issue considering the enormous amount of Christian apps I have found in the App Store. And, Apple has also refused to sell pornographic apps.
To: Springfield Reformer
PS - I wonder when they’ll have a Qur’an app. for their Muslim friends.
12 posted on
01/06/2011 12:52:48 PM PST by
ReverendJames
(Only A Lawyer, A Painter, A Politician And The Media Can Change Black To White)
To: Springfield Reformer
It just means that Apple believes it can steal from people if they can get away with it.
To: Springfield Reformer
Would Chrisitans gain acceptance by the left if they sawed some innocent peoples’ heads off and bombed some office buildings? That seems to be the only conduct they approve of.
17 posted on
01/06/2011 12:58:39 PM PST by
Spok
("What are you going to believe; me or your own eyes?" -Groucho Marx)
To: Springfield Reformer
Wonder what El’Rushbo has to say about this? He pimps Apple products damn near on a daily basis and it doesn’t seem to be paid advertising.
18 posted on
01/06/2011 12:59:55 PM PST by
mmanager
To: Springfield Reformer
You should ping Sword swallower or what-ever-the-hell his FR handle is and get his ‘apple sauce’ reaction.
It would surely be amusing.
20 posted on
01/06/2011 1:04:24 PM PST by
Leo Farnsworth
(I'm not really Leo Farnsworth.)
To: Springfield Reformer
"potentially harmful to others."Like the 9/11 attacks, "honor" killings, the murder of Christians?
To: Springfield Reformer
Apple is all about $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. Sounds like another one of their media attention grabbing stunts. don’t buy apple products anyway.
23 posted on
01/06/2011 1:10:06 PM PST by
Marty62
(Marty 60)
To: Springfield Reformer
Steve Jobs was adopted... his birth parents were Syrian Muslims. Abdulfattah Jandali was his father.
To: Springfield Reformer
Must disagree with you about “incoherency”. Apple has ALWAYS been “of the left”. Just like all leftist organizations, they pissed and moaned about “capitalism”, while pushing monopolist policies as far as they could get away with.
To: Springfield Reformer
28 posted on
01/06/2011 1:20:27 PM PST by
Exton1
To: Springfield Reformer
So the promise of eternal life is “potentially harmful to others?” Beam me up Scotty.
29 posted on
01/06/2011 1:21:26 PM PST by
SVTCobra03
(You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
To: Springfield Reformer
And what of boycotts? Are they effective? Or are there other, better strategies for a situation like this?
I've posted before on FR with criticisms of Apple's walled garden approach to what applications consumers can run on Apple-made iPhone and iPad devices which they've purchased and which do not belong to Apple. Some folks on FR applauded Apple's insistence on banning apps they deemed too adult or too politically controversial. But there is value in the concept of private ownership and being able to do what you want with your own property.
Fortunately, in this case there are alternatives. Android, for one.
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