re: Market Share: iOS vs. Android

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so we are now lauding apple for making obscene margins off cellphones produced by suicide factories in china (complete with nets around the building to catch jumpers)?

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That's pretty much all electronics produced over there. Can't really jump on one company for that when they are all doing.

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but we hate exxon for hiring a captain who was on drugs when he wrecked his oil tanker? ..because exxon is evil but apple's cupertino spaceship is filled with happy little fairies.

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Third world country issues vs a drugged up captain, I think we can actually do something about the second one. Unless you want to go pick a fight with China to do a better job with their employment laws and enforcement. Most likely all these companies would go find another country's workforce to abuse.

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..or is the point that apple is a better company because they are able to rake in huge profits whereas android makers (and I guess Amazon too) suck because they dont?

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Not saying one sucks and the others don't, I like competition, bring that on so we get better products. I want to see Android push Apple as hard as possible. This is just capitalism at play. Markets are funny. Apple charges what they want and people still pay it. As long as the demand is there, they will keep doing it. I don't blame them. If I can charge whatever I wanted for some product I made, I would do it for far more than what I thought it was worth until it was no longer sustainable. Why do you have such a problem with that?

Hell you do the same thing in reverse, use eBay because the prices are better than Amazon or small businesses. You like money more than supporting hardworking employees.

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and i'm completely lost on why it matters if you turn bluetooth on or off

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I have no idea why they went into that garbage either.

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and i'm completely lost on why it matters if you turn bluetooth on or off (or any other feature) on a phone as some kind of argument of....what exactly?

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For some reason i'm completely intrigued about the intent of his bluetooth comment. I'm sure i'll be let down.

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just want to go ahead & quote someone besides me acknowledging this

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Hell I do it too, I use both frequently though. Some things I want fast and don't trust eBay with purchasing I don't even bother looking for on eBay though. Especially when I think it may get returned.

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I've never heard of a smartphone without Bluetooth

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CAD703X

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So what was your thought about Apple doing away with an aux/headphone jack? I'm curious as to how you weighed in...

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So what was your thought about Apple doing away with an aux/headphone jack? I'm curious as to how you weighed in...

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You hoping for that magical Mikey moment, where CAD likes something Apple did? Never gonna happen.

Nice deflection. I didn't ask about Air Pods. I asked you about aux jacks.

He knows why I asked. We all do. There's nothing quite as entertaining as seeing him justify his hypocrisy or mental pretzeling he does when it comes to his opinions. Often wrong but never in doubt...that's our CAD...