www.news.com.au/technology/smartphones/e...6vihic-1226405838653

^BWAHAHAHAAAA!!!

People will still carry on buying their products of course and all the associated spam that comes with it, power leads, external device connectors blah blah, new iDock stations lol :p

They'll tell us that they had to do it to save space...of course

Good old planned obsolescence

Wankers...I will not be buying another stereo with integral docking station any time soon, so they can go and fuck themselves.

I shall instead invest in a wind-up gramophone player. That'll learn 'em.

This is a bad move

One could always learn to play the penny whistle.
Ab Origine wrote:

I've never bought an Apple product in my life.
I couldn't support a company that treats it's staff like this.......

iCnuts


Seriously, How cringe-worthy is that shit?

The Apprentice wrote: but the sub-bass on penny whistles is rubbish!

feather wrote:
Monkeys springs to mind.

feather wrote:
Consumer culture, worshipping the mighty apple, sheesh :/

Wtf was that video all about?

dubmeup wrote:
Standard Apple Cult store opening ritual.

Churchill Square, Brighton, UK

dubmeup wrote:
I'm hoping it was a one off for some kind of promotion.

I fear however this may not be the case and these people are subjected to this fiasco on a daily basis to earn a crust. I hope I'm wrong.

... appears I was wrong.

psketti wrote:
Holy Icke I share your pain. So as feather has shown, this is normal for Apple.......

just

feather wrote:
Why would anyone purchase any product from a company that charges three times the price the unit is actually worth and then compounds the insult by restricting the use by locking users in to apple shit? Their PC is bog standard hardware which has a zero upgrade path. The OS is a bastardised version of a free OS (FreeBSD). They are hell bent on maximising profit and limiting/removing peoples rights and freedoms. They are among one of the most vigorous litigious companies for copyright infringements, while being a major violator of others companies copyrights.

Their logo should be a rotting apple core with a rainbow coloured maggot poking out by the stalk giving everyone the finger.

All the iPillocks deserve everything they get from the iCunts known as apple. is the i supposed to represent the word Idiots?

Why would anyone buy products from a company that does this?

Workers Chinese Apple factories forced sign pledges commit suicide

Because of this

Mass suicide protest at Apple manufacturer

and why do people still pay WAAAAAAAY over the odds for Apple products?
Apple holding more cash than USA

They really are an example of the triumph of marketing and exploitation over sense.

I agree re marketing and such, but it has to be said, this has all been part of a loooooooong planned and very well thought out campaign, imo.

Have you tried finding a shop where you actually, physically purchase a piece of music, lately? Remember how many your local high street used to have?

Did you notice how they all got bought up by the same company, then disappeared?

How and where do most people get their music, these days?

This is the future folks, and it's been a long time coming. Get used to it. Or buy yourself a guitar/piano while you still can. I still say my wind-up gramophone idea is a cracker too.