iPhone 5 phones destroyed in protest against Apple's anti-Bitcoin actions

[augustocroppo]

I guess you don't know the power of social media.

Apple's demographic is already leaving them after it was revealed the i-phone is really the spy-phone.

The individuals breaking the i-phones aren't going to convince them of anything. But if there is a big audience for this on social media then it actually could influence Apple to stop trying to legislate where they can't innovate.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/World_Wide_Smartphone_Sales.png

I think when I was learning MS-DOS 6.0 in 1994 you did not even existed.

LOL at "it actually could influence Apple to stop trying to legislate" followed by some random graph.

You do not even know what are you talking about.

[cryptasm]

Classic, like Dubya said "You're either with us, or against us" 

[Peter R]

Augusto Croppo seems to believe this is "sound and fury, signifying nothing." 

I believe this is evidence of the social movement we're witnessing.   


BTW--Google News is showing that 108 outlets have picked up this story so far. 

[augustocroppo]

Augusto Croppo seems to believe this is "sound and fury, signifying nothing." 

I believe this is evidence of the social movement we're witnessing.   


BTW--Google News is showing that 108 outlets have picked up this story so far. 

"Social movement"?

LOL

Since when some angry teenagers breaking Apple products is a "social movement"?

[grau]

iPhone user unhappy with Apple should simply sell their device.

Every used iPhone sold takes away a buyer of a new one. That hurts.

[Peter R]

Since when some angry teenagers breaking Apple products is a "social movement"?

It's evidence of the larger social movement we are witnessing.  This movement is much bigger than some broken iPhones, and even bigger than bitcoin.    

I think it will be more clear looking back ten years from now, so please excuse me if this isn't entirely accurate.   But I would say it's the culmination of a growing distrust of big gov (NSA spying), a perception of the anti-social nature of big corp (Apple walled garden, Monsanto, etc), and a feeling that the "system" is no longer working for Gen-Y and younger.

We are completing our transition to the digital age.  An age of opting out.  An age of decentralization.  


P.S.  The young people in those videos didn't seem angry to me.  I think they know that they're part of something and this gives them hope.

[AndersAA]

Just another reason to jailbreak your iPhone - The blockchain app is on Cydia you know.
Smashing iPhones is like smashing PC's or Surface tabs because Microsoft doesn't accept BTC - no reason to destroy perfectly good hardware because of Apple's ridiculous control issues.

[Teka]

Just another reason to jailbreak your iPhone - The blockchain app is on Cydia you know.
Smashing iPhones is like smashing PC's or Surface tabs because Microsoft doesn't accept BTC - no reason to destroy perfectly good hardware because of Apple's ridiculous control issues.

There is a difference between not accepting it and getting rid of applications without a valid reason or statement.

[organofcorti]

[ThickAsThieves]

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[organofcorti]

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I had some others just for you but I didn't want to go OT  

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FTFY:

[DanielVG]

Blockchain is still available on jailbroken devices.
We could spam apple with pictures of blockchain running on a jailbroken device.
fuck them, seriously, bad call...
It's my device, I do what i want with it.

[AndersAA]

Just another reason to jailbreak your iPhone - The blockchain app is on Cydia you know.
Smashing iPhones is like smashing PC's or Surface tabs because Microsoft doesn't accept BTC - no reason to destroy perfectly good hardware because of Apple's ridiculous control issues.

There is a difference between not accepting it and getting rid of applications without a valid reason or statement.

They have a valid "statement" - Apple decides what gets accepted to the Appstore and what stays in the Appstore and Apple doesn't have to tell why. That's part of the deal blockchain.info made with Apple when they submitted the app.
https://developer.apple.com/appstore/guidelines.html

Their "reason" on the other hand is completely bs. I doubt Apple actually has a problem with bitcoin - they just don't want to promote it on their store because of the potential legal issues. They simple don't allow a lot of financial stuff and children potentially "playing" with money.
Terrible PR decision though and it'll probably change soon like it did with real money poker apps(PokerStars for instance).

They made things worse by first accepting it and later withdrawing it though... idiots..

[CryptKeeper]

Apple should comment on this FUD. The blockchain.info app will be back soon!

Read this: http://www.iphonefaq.org/archives/973146

[zeetubes]

I think it would have been funny if the guys who started the competition had said, "Sorry everyone, that was just a joke. But thanks for the videos anyway."

[rotalumis]

Seriously guys?


What we know is Apple does not want these apps in their store.

What we do not know is why.


I'm sorry to report that there are indeed legitimate reasons why someone may not wish to distribute a thing to customers, and those reasons may have you feeling like a caveman once known. Maybe their lawyers won't let them, maybe laws have something to do with it, maybe the code is flawed, maybe the owners are about to be Shrem'd, maybe Steve Jobs was Satoshi. Who knows wtf?

Maybe I'm wrong though. Best to keep smashing your phones, just in case.

They have a valid "statement" - Apple decides what gets accepted to the Appstore and what stays in the Appstore and Apple doesn't have to tell why. That's part of the deal blockchain.info made with Apple when they submitted the app.
https://developer.apple.com/appstore/guidelines.html

Their "reason" on the other hand is completely bs. I doubt Apple actually has a problem with bitcoin - they just don't want to promote it on their store because of the potential legal issues. They simple don't allow a lot of financial stuff and children potentially "playing" with money.
Terrible PR decision though and it'll probably change soon like it did with real money poker apps(PokerStars for instance).

They made things worse by first accepting it and later withdrawing it though... idiots..

Let's just say for a second there are legal issues that Apple is afraid of or whatever. That doesn't stop Apple from letting users run third-party Bitcoin wallets at their own risk without having to jailbreak their phones.

The ultimate problem with Apple is that they want to have full control over what their customers do with their devices and one of the excuses keep using is that they are "protecting their users". Really? I'm sure Apple users are a smart lot who know how to decide for themselves. It's a testament to the power of "cool" and "trendy" when people are so willing to, en masse, give up their freedom to do what they want with their devices in exchange for "being in".

[LiteCoinGuy]

The only message which is being sent is that Bitcoin had attracted a bunch of fanatical idiots which could care less for the money wasted in the stunt. That will give more and more reasons to Apple

Thats it.

[AndersAA]

Let's just say for a second there are legal issues that Apple is afraid of or whatever. That doesn't stop Apple from letting users run third-party Bitcoin wallets at their own risk without having to jailbreak their phones.

The ultimate problem with Apple is that they want to have full control over what their customers do with their devices and one of the excuses keep using is that they are "protecting their users". Really? I'm sure Apple users are a smart lot who know how to decide for themselves. It's a testament to the power of "cool" and "trendy" when people are so willing to, en masse, give up their freedom to do what they want with their devices in exchange for "being in".

Running a jailbreak is as easy as clicking a button... If users aren't smart enough to do that then Apple's concerns may be warranted. When people mess up on the iPhone it all comes back to Apple. They don't allow porn either. Their rule of thumb is: Anything that might make Apple look bad, in any way, doesn't get in the Appstore.

Apple decides what they wan't to offer in their store - that's fair I guess.
Their software distribution monopoly isn't.

Jailbreak your devices people - it's not that hard.

[dharmapuriharithaa]

Why should people purchase overpriced iphones? there are several alternatives with android