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Whether it’s me or the other guy, I’ll let you decide.

A side link on Digg led me to the article Seven (More) Reasons to Ditch Your iPhone.  I’ll point out now, for full disclosure.  I own a cat.  Oh, and an iPhone, too.

So far as I know, the cat is not impressed by my iPhone.

Anyhoo, the author of said article has lined up his reasons why we should be throwing the torches and pitchforks Apple’s way, and abandoning ship for a cheaper, more friendly cell phone & carrier.  Although, he’s directing his ire at Apple, not AT&T, but I digress.  I’ve read the article, and I have to call “crap!”

Let’s look at his points, shall we?

1. They’re anticompetitive.  Here, he points out that the FCC is asking Apple why they rejected Google Voice.  Wow.  One sternly worded letter, and suddenly Apple is the new Microsoft?
2. They’re targets.  Hey, iPhones have an SMS vulnerability!  But we won’t mention it was patched yesterday.  We’ll especially not mention the same vulnerability threatens other smart phone platforms like Symbian, Google’s Android, and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile.  Really, it’s just iPhones we have to worry about.  You know, they one’s who have patched already.
3. They’re dicks.  After Apple pulled Google Voice, they also pulled any other app related to Google Voice, including some paid apps.  After people yelled, Apple said, “sure, you deserve refunds” and threw angry customers at the developers, who were still trying to get a straight answer from Apple as to why their apps were pulled.  For this one, I agree.  Apple, you’re being real dicks about this.
4. Apps are mayhem.  OMG, there are, like, too many apps out there!  About 50,000+ according to the article.  Wah.  I broke down and got an iPhone because I finally decided I wanted decent internet on my phone.  You want to whine about too much variety?  Geez, what do you do with your phone, then?  Organize your recipes?  Stay off the internet, your head will explode.
5. You can’t find anything…in the Apple store.  I’ve heard people complain about iTunes before.   I just don’t get it.  Oh, wait, I use the internet and learned how to use a search engine when I was a teenager.  Doh!  Well, maybe our author can buy a smart phone for his smart phone.
6. Android is beautiful.  No rational here.  He apparantly just likes Android.  Um, yay for him?
7. T-Mobile is cheaper. Yep.  It sure is.  Me and my iPhone (on T-Mobile) are quite happy here.  Whilst it’s a steep barrier for entry, it’s not impossible to take your iPhone to other carriers.  In fact, it’s another reason I bought one – I was tired of phones I had no control over.  I can hack my iPhone any which way I want, and there’s a thriving community out there (in that big, scary internet) that’s happy to show me how.  Now, maybe Android is free and open and easy to port between carriers.  I don’t know…hey, maybe he could have filled out number six with something more objective than, “ooh, shiny!”

Still, at the end of the day it’s all right.  As the author says, some of his best friends are black.  I mean, gay!  I mean, he owns his own iPhone!  Yeah, that’s it.  He can write a poorly thought out article bashing Apple because he owns one himself.  And that justifies it all, right?

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