Letters to the Editor
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Very Revealing
It’s weird.
Consumers are demanding – begging! – for an iPhone that can run across all networks and that can have enhanced internet capability.
The hackers are proving that the very device these people already own CAN do what they want.
So who is denying the consumers what they want?
I don’t really believe its Apple. I believe its ATT. Steve Jobs got in bed with the Mafia and either didn’t know it or doesn’t care. Personally I’d like to think he’s just naïve about what the wireless carriers are like. While Steve is off dreaming about how to make consumers happy – ATT and the wireless mafia are breaking people’s legs with baseball bats and re-enacting scenes from the Sopranos. Think Enron only not as subtle.
Again – Steve, obviously, could have created an iPhone that could run on any network, but would the networks have allowed him to do that? Ah! Key question. I think the answer is no. Obviously, as the hackers are proving, the iPhone CAN run full internet with streaming audio and various other enhancements. So why would Steve Jobs intentionally design the device so that it can’t do these things? Did Steve just “forget” about that part of the internet? Unlikely. The most likely explanation goes back to Steve being involved with the ATT Mafia and them basically telling him that such functionality won’t be allowed. Or maybe it was the Federal agency that issued his license? Who knows.
I believe that Steve Jobs may have agreed to all this because he knew the hackers would “fix” his iPhone. ATT and probably even the government may have told him he can’t do this or that – but he built the device anyway knowing that his followers would free it up for him.
If there is any doubt that ATT sucks, well, all doubt was erased when they issued that whiney statement, “Anyone who buys an iPhone must worship us and us alone. We are a jealous God and our wrath is awful!”
Please. Signing a contract with ATT is like marrying an abusive alcoholic. You just have to expect to wake up with black eyes on a regular basis. They don’t care about anyone but themselves. Who cares what the consumers want – ATT wants money! Lots of it! Right now! Or else!