Yes, and he's still not beating his wife and that's good. Sure I'd have preferred it if it had come about some other way but this is still good.
The reality is that companies only do things for their own benefit, directly or indirectly, Apple, Google and everyone else included and we shouldn't kid ourselves that they do anything else. Google don't make Android because they love freedom or giving stuff away, they do it because they make shedloads of cash through advertising off the back of mobile internet use on a platform they control. You may love the side effect but I honestly think you're kidding yourself if you think they're doing it out of altruism - after all, don't be evil is looking pretty flakey in quite a few areas now.
(And please note I'm not trying to make this an Apple vs. Google thing, I'm just saying that this is what companies do - they do what works and makes them money).
But ultimately when people screamed and shouted for them to change this stuff, what outcome were you looking for other than it be changed? People spoke and acted, they listened, surely that's good?
The reality is that companies only do things for their own benefit, directly or indirectly, Apple, Google and everyone else included and we shouldn't kid ourselves that they do anything else. Google don't make Android because they love freedom or giving stuff away, they do it because they make shedloads of cash through advertising off the back of mobile internet use on a platform they control. You may love the side effect but I honestly think you're kidding yourself if you think they're doing it out of altruism - after all, don't be evil is looking pretty flakey in quite a few areas now.
(And please note I'm not trying to make this an Apple vs. Google thing, I'm just saying that this is what companies do - they do what works and makes them money).
But ultimately when people screamed and shouted for them to change this stuff, what outcome were you looking for other than it be changed? People spoke and acted, they listened, surely that's good?