But for myself, it's not that I consider Apple products to be bad
technology.
I simply can not accept agreeing to the EULA that comes with
Apple's products.
As a result, if the only smart phone was an Apple smart
phone, I'd still be on the Nokia "dumb phone" that was supplied by my carrier.
At the time, it was the cheapest deal - that was my purchasing
decision:
Meh, a phone is a phone. As long as it works, I'm good. What's
the cheapest deal/plan you've got!
Defaulting to the cheapest automatically
discounts Apple even if I could accept the EULA terms.
With regards the
smart phone, the only reason I entered that market was because of Android. Even
though I knew the carriers and manufacturers would still lock down the phones, I
also knew that because the underlying base was open source, sooner or later my
phone would be unlocked.
And I don't mean unlocked in the sense of "I can
only use it with Carrier X", I mean unlocked in the sense "I control the
software put on the device, I'm not forced to accept software on my device that
I can not remove yet I also can not accept the EULA terms. Software that could
easily be spying on me with key loggers that I can't even disable let alone
remove.".
I strongly applaud Motorola's recent efforts with regards unlocking the software on certain
devices. And I look forward to the day when we consumers can purchase the
device direct from the manufacturer with software unlocked and free of the
influences of the carriers.
Caveat: I have no proof Google owning
Motorola influenced Motorola's decision to unlock the phones, but there does
seem to be a strong correlation that's potential.
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