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The Apple monopoly, or antitrust 101

Posted on August 11, 2011 | Comments Off on The Apple monopoly, or antitrust 101

Used to be that Microsoft was the bugbear of all right-thinking Web users and little Apple the oh, so righteous darling. Well, when it comes to ebooks, Apple is no longer little and certainly not righteous.

Comes a lawsuit that’s been long overdue, arguing that Apple is colluding with traditional publishers (HarperCollins, Hachette, Macmillan, Penguin, and Simon & Schuster) to keep ebook prices artificially high. It’s been quite noticeable for a long time now at Amazon, when a paperback sells for $8 or $9  and an ebook for $16. Time to take a big righteous bite out of the wormy Apple.

Via Kindle Review.

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I Hate Apple

Posted on February 19, 2010 | Comments Off on I Hate Apple

With Microsoft, that terrible monopoly according to the Starbucks crowd, there’s always a solution. With Apple, there’s always a roadblock.

Trying to move Mrs Charms’ iTunes files from the old computer to the new one requires a free utility called iTunes Export. So far so good. Which leads me to its compressed download which leads me to the alert that Stuffit needs to download its latest version which leads me to the news that this latest version, without which Export will not open, costs $49.99. I hate Apple.

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