“Not only that, but if you are a conspiracy type, the Sony Rootkit debacle may leave you wondering what sort of things Apple may really be doing to your Palm Pre.” They see the Palm Pre as a threat to the iPhone rather than another device to load music purchased from iTunes (I’m not a huge iTunes user, but the syncing ability has to have SOME effect on usership, no?). I will agree that it’s incredibly STUPID, but the only line they’re crossing is with regard to consumer inclusion. It’s not a slipper slope, iTunes is Apple’s, end of story. While one can argue that it is Apple’s prerogative, with a free service, to say who has the right to access that service it seems a slippery slope that should not be entered” “How far can a company reach to disable a product? This incident seems to have crossed a line. How’s Songbird these days? Other suggestions? But now that I know Apple is breaking software and removing features, I guess it’s time to look elsewhere. I don’t have a Palm Pre or an iPhone… but I do use iTunes. The Palm Pre is a nice phone according to many people, but it’s not making any serious dent in iPhone sales. But Apple’s comments suggest they cut off the Pre on purpose, noting that it wanted to stop devices that “falsely pretend” to be iPods or iPhones. When the original statement was made, some assumed that Apple was really just saying that it couldn’t be responsible if an update broke the syncing, not that it would purposely break that ability. This is pure petty behavior on the part of Apple. In an upgrade to iTunes, which Apple claims was for “bug fix” but also to handle “verification” issues, it has blocked the Palm Pre from accessing iTunes. It didn’t take long for Apple to follow through. The pettiness of Apple continues… Last month, Apple warned potential buyers of the Palm Pre that it might break that phone’s ability to sync with iTunes. Wed, Jul 15th 2009 02:21pm - Mike Masnick
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