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A List of Things Keeping Me From Buying an iPhone

I’m complaining about software culture, and contempt for customers.
Not success or a dislike of the success.

I’m glad it’s popular.

I’m asking: what kind of thinking is happening within Apple for me to produce this list of obvious oversights?


In no order—

Bluetooth sync
Bluetooth file transfer
Bluetooth modem / tethering
MMS
Disk mode
Calendar Colours on the iPhone do not match the calendar colours in iCal
OS X notes do not sync with iPhone notes and vice versa
DRM on App Store purchases
Overpriced, uncompetitive and feature-barren tariffs in the U.K.
Carrier lock-in
Cannot remove “Stocks” from the home screen
Ringtones
No video recording
‘Boy who cried wolf’ App Store policy
“No you can’t. No you can’t. No you can’t. Yes you can. Correction, no you can’t.”
No emulators. No Firefox, Opera &c.. Shovelware / EA backhanders favoured over innovation