BirderGuy

So I guess we better launch a class action lawsuit of every business in the UK and abroad.  If you’ve ever sold your artwork in a gallery, guess what?  30% fee to cover their cost of operating the store.  And of course better shut down all those mom and pop shops that apply at least 30% to what they pay the wholesalers so they can pay for, oh right, operating the store.  What these developers, and I am one too, want is for the store owner too allow them to make money,(in some cases millions, if not billions of dollars), while the operator is the store provides them with a free storefront. I produced my app and had to do virtually nothing but hit enter and the entire world knows about my app. Yeah, I shouldn’t have to pay for that?  Give me a break!

As is always the case such as buying using iOS over Android, iPhone users also have a choice of just sticking with the App Store or purchasing from a third party store.  I’ll stick with the App Store, but those who purchase from third party stores will be aware of the potential risk and if are victims of those choices, won’t be able to come back to Apple and complain.  Choice is good. Just don’t choose poorly

Seriously, stole the hashtag?  What an over reaction to someone using #takenote.  I use hashtags in my posts all the time. Sometimes I click on them afterwards and discover they lead to something I would rather not be associated with other times I get people to click on my post because of that.  The Jazz should be in heaven that Time Cook gave them all that free publicity. What you’re saying is that no one on earth can use #takenote on their posts if it is relevant, just because a basketball team used it?  

I’m not sure when Apple forced me to become part of their Ecosystem.  I do so of my free will.  I am also a developer with apps on both iOS and Android.  I’ve used Macs since the early days. But I’ve also used PCs and other non Apple products when that’s all that was offered to me.  Consumers have a clear choice between Android and iOS and a few other options.  Why isn’t Microsoft being sued?  If you don’t want to us Macs your only other realistic choice is Windows.  What about Google?  It’s the only real search engine in town worth using.  And as far as paying a commission to the “storefront” hosting your product, 30% is pretty standard.  I’ve sold books, art and photographs in art galleries. Guess what they take?  30%!  And I’ve done commission sales. Guess what I get paid?  Oh, right 25-30%. A world without Apple and their innovations would look vastly different.

I have had the Apple Watch and iPhone contribute to saving my life twice now.  First was when I thought I was having a bad case of IBS.  I suffer from Inflammatory Bowel Disease and it often feels like having bad gas, burping and pains in the upper chest.  I was thinking that I might call the doctor and schedule a visit, but my Apple Watch warned me first of an abnormally high heart rate, spiking at over 160 and a few minutes later dropped to 40.  Instead of calling the doctor myself my wife called 911. Over the course of the next hour or so the paramedics arrived, took me to a hospital where a heart specialist was called in, and within minutes of arriving was taken into surgery and had 5 stents put in the part of my heart that was 2mm from the spot they call The Widow Maker.

Recently, on a dark country road, with no lights or cell phone reception, I struck a moose.  Apparently it didn't signal a right turn while exiting the woods.  I was able to save myself, but not the car.  The moose ran off into the woods.  Without Apple's SOS via satellite I could have been waiting hours in the dark for help to arrive.  But Apple's Crash detection sent an Emergency SOS signal at the moment of the crash.  I was already on line with help by the time I got my wits together to even try to get a message out.  Help arrived in under an hour and an ambulance was dispatched to take me to the hospital for care.  The person at the SOS relay staton stayed with me the entire time.

Thanks to Apple and Tim Cook, I have cheated death twice now.  I hope there's not a third time!

I seriously think that without Apple and iOS that Google would be finished as an alternative platform. 

This is beyond an unfair comparison.  It’s like let’s compare an iPhone 15 Pro to the flip phone with a keypad my dad picked up at the mall last year.  They both have camera and color screens and can text and receive emails and view photons and connect to the internet.  But there is no comparison and an article about that to compare two completely different phone technologies as if it’s an even playing field is a waste of time. 

I don’t even need to read the story to know that at the end, they will say, “of course this all depends on whether your a Windows or MacOS is the deciding factor.  As a Mac user, nothing about the Microsoft product is going to compel me to switch. My wife’s business uses windows, so her boss will likely opt for a new Windows device when upgrading.     

I ordered mine on the first day of availability on Kickstarter.  Not sure why an established company like Lexar needs a Kickstarter to ramp up production on what seems like an instant hit with the creative community.  Normally I’d not back kickstarter but Lexar seems worth supporting