Let's get the facts straight about Apple.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Apple is quickly becoming the new Microsoft, a company that everyone loves to hate.

I think it reached that point a while ago the apple hate is strong.
But it's still far from a Microsoft  
Although when the mobile phone market is pretty much two companies and a few minors its hard to not hate on something.

[cccarnation]

Apple sucks, people hate apple.

[inBitweTrust]

Apple sucks, people hate apple.

Love or Hate.

 I actually have a long list of positive things to say about their products along with the negative but.... out of principle I do not appreciate their business strategy by controlling and restricting their clients. It is rather absurd that any Bitcoin fan chooses to love Apple because they are antagonistic towards many of the key principles that embody the purpose and design of Bitcoin.

[allthingsluxury]

Apple has suicide nets installed around their production facility's in China

[unpure]

Fact is, there is still no bitcoin application on apple store.

[S4VV4S]

Apple is quickly becoming the new Microsoft, a company that everyone loves to hate.

I think it reached that point a while ago the apple hate is strong.
But it's still far from a Microsoft  
Although when the mobile phone market is pretty much two companies and a few minors its hard to not hate on something.

Common guys, you cannot honestly compare Apple with Microsoft.

Let me tell you something.....

Microsoft actually feeds billions of people.
Yes they do, because anybody can develop an app or game for Windows, publish it and sell it as much as they see fit, it is worth their time.
With Apple, they decide IF and how much your app will sell, and they get approx 30% of your sales.

Sure Windows are not safe, then again.
Lets say you are a developer, what would be your choice of platform?

Linux?
The average joe does not use Linux.

Apple?
The average joe will not pay an arm and a leg for something that only costs a finger nail

Windows?
Yep, it is what the majority of the world is using therefor your app or game will have more exposure.

Also, I will agree with the person that said that something is up with Google Play Services as well.

After their last update all of my (AIR based) apps have stopped receiving ads from their adMob platform.
In fact, all available adMob ANEs out there have stopped working.
And the funny thing is that most of the top games listed in Google Play are Flash based.
I wonder why there is a problem now....
Maybe Google wants to expand even more by buying off Adobe?

Anyway, back to my original point.
How many people does Apple provide jobs for (not directly I mean)?

Think about it

I know you hate Microsoft but let's be honest, they are number one for a reason.
Their software is easy to use and you are not restricted on what to add to them.

Plain and simple, they are number one because they deserve it.

PS: I would prefer it if it was Linux, but its not is it?

Also, I will leave this post with a joke I have heard once.

There was a Mac guy and a Windows guy.
The Mac guy was making fun of the Windows guy because there are thousands of viruses hitting Windows.

Then he asked the Windows guy, so what are you doing now?
The Windows guy responds I am playing a game.
The Mac guy said, yeah? which one?
The Windows guy - ALL OF THEM!!!!!  

Also, please dont get me wrong.
I use Windows in order to use the software I use for work.
I use a customized version of Debian for everything else

[Swordsoffreedom]

Apple is quickly becoming the new Microsoft, a company that everyone loves to hate.

I think it reached that point a while ago the apple hate is strong.
But it's still far from a Microsoft  
Although when the mobile phone market is pretty much two companies and a few minors its hard to not hate on something.

Common guys, you cannot honestly compare Apple with Microsoft.

I know you hate Microsoft but let's be honest, they are number one for a reason.
Their software is easy to use and you are not restricted on what to add to them.

Subtract all the good will from the donations they send

Insert a thing called Windows 8  

I commend their charity work but sometimes you just mess up  with the operating system.
And there's no real time slip you can use once an OAS you like goes out of commission and service it yourself.
A user is subjected to constant relearning curves, to find where the things are at.

Pretty much what happened when Windows 8 broke from the tradition of every other windows platform to that date and made a lot of rage.

And whose bright IDEA WAS IT TO KILL MY START MENU!~!!
^_^
(Mumble) Still uses 7 could download the 8 toolbar app but na will wait for a Win 9 to purify itself.

Its all about UI (User Interface) and while I agree MS deserves its role not really much out there but apple and linux doesn't mean we can't hate on it XD.

(Although if someone makes a whole Platform OS decentralized somehow I might be interested)
Install an App loads from there and becomes a fully customizable interface that switches between Operating Systems and has its own internal stuff.

Not the App store though but like using a Windows PC - All Versions and then deciding what features you like then taking the stuff you like from the Linux PC or Apple PC and putting it all in one browser together.
One can dream

[tigeRshoes]

Y so many bitcoiners don't like Apple THAT much?!

[alani123]

Your numbers seem to indicate that while apple is dominant brand in the US, over 58% don't use apple phones, thus most people in the US do not use apple. Its good to see they are losing marketshare in the US too.

Those are not my numbers. You can click on the images for the source.

[Intaryna]

Apple sucks, people hate apple. And you must be apple employee?

[Lauda]

Y so many bitcoiners don't like Apple THAT much?!

Why? Why??
There is nothing to like about Apple.
Anyone who likes Apple is either ignorant or delusional.

[superresistant]

 
I you use Apple products, you are a whore.

Even a real prostitute deserve infinitely more respect than a Apple fan.

[S4VV4S]

-snip-

(Although if someone makes a whole Platform OS decentralized somehow I might be interested)

-snip-

I kind of like that idea but how would that work?
It would mean that your personal documents will be stored everywhere.....

UNLESS, we as a community build an operating system that loads all necessary (OS) files from online (decentralized) sources and the whole thing is open source.
Much like Bitcoin.....
Still, several things, like network adapter drivers should be loaded before everything else, right?

Hmmm, I like this idea.
But it needs work.

We could however start with the best out there, and that is Linux.
Yet, to make it worldwide accepted, we would have to make it user friendly, like windows.

Not a bad idea, but a very diffucult task.

[Swordsoffreedom]

-snip-

(Although if someone makes a whole Platform OS decentralized somehow I might be interested)

-snip-

I kind of like that idea but how would that work?
It would mean that your personal documents will be stored everywhere.....

UNLESS, we as a community build an operating system that loads all necessary (OS) files from online (decentralized) sources and the whole thing is open source.
Much like Bitcoin.....
Still, several things, like network adapter drivers should be loaded before everything else, right?

Hmmm, I like this idea.
But it needs work.

We could however start with the best out there, and that is Linux.
Yet, to make it worldwide accepted, we would have to make it user friendly, like windows.

Not a bad idea, but a very diffucult task.

Well it's still a ways down the road but there are building blocks being built now that are laying that foundation.

Bitcoin and its cryptography does wonders for various applications it's just that we haven't thought them all out yet and the underlying technology that could implement it is still being developed in different forms.

One possible implementation would be, maidsafe with its decentralized storage mechanism, that would keep your personal documents secure and safe so that your private documents are stored everywhere and yet nowhere since its secured by cryptography and no one can see whats in there.

In addition if Ethereum can really do what it claims it has the potential to do then it could probably run as an OS far in the future.
Just build enough apps for it, inside the ecosystem like a browser becoming a full feature package then an OS.

That or someone could build a Bitcoin sidechain once some smart developers figure out a solution to that puzzle, its really hard to say what could happen since its predicting the future of where cryptography can go.

But your right at this point its still a very difficult task to do that said it could become a reality if enough related technologies are created and made to accompany it so one step at a time.

http://maidsafe.net/overview

The SAFE (Secure Access for Everyone) network can be best described as a fully distributed data management service. This network manages static and dynamic data as well as communications. Importantly the data held is either :

    Encrypted by clients
    Cryptographically signed by clients

In either case the network cannot decrypt any of the data on the network. This can be thought of as a decentralized server that performs the tasks of today's httpd, ssh, scp, ftp, smtp, pop3, imap etc. servers.

The SAFE network is made up of unused hard drive space, CPU and communications capabilities of commodity computers. These computers are likely owned by the very users of the system, but need not be limited to that. Each computer will effectively mine for credits which can be traded for many other goods and services. These credits are called safecoin.

https://www.ethereum.org/

Ethereum is a protocol that is open to all. Any programmer should be able to write smart contracts and Ethereum apps in languages they already are familiar with.

Programmers should also be able to implement the entire specification with relative ease, in order to minimize the influence that any specific individual or group could have on the protocol.

The Ethereum protocol should be as simple as possible, and optimizations which add complexity should not be included unless they provide a very substantial benefit.

[S4VV4S]

Swordsoffreedom, I like you and I hate you man/woman.

You have me thinking now......

This could actually be possible, yet, I cannot afford to think about it right now coz I have work to do.

None the less you have me thinking....
And this is probably going to stay in the back of my mind until I basically make a decision if it's possible or not.

Right now, I think it is, but I still need to look at all possible failures that can happen.
Haven't found one yet, so if you do please point it out

Thanks

EDIT: CryptOS  - how does that sound to you? 

[fonzie]

APPLE>BITCOIN

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[Lauda]

APPLE>BITCOIN

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What are you trying to pull here fanboy?

[superresistant]

APPLE>BITCOIN
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You must be a top class prostitute. How much ?

[colinistheman]

5 dolla

[Buffer Overflow]

APPLE>BITCOIN

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Greater what?