More Apple, more iPhone, and more Business

Dave Winer made a big long post today about business/consumer/media practices in general, and Apple in particular. I think it’s well worth a read:

Many companies have lost their businesses, and customers have lost a lot of choice because of this system. Well-intentioned people inside the companies are led to believe that their products don’t have to be competitive because they have the press in their pocket, and lawyers to protect them with patents.

…Apple is now bidding once again to become the total control platform vendor that they have always been inside. When they introduce the phone software to the Macintosh (seems inevitable, doesn’t it?) will they shut down developers there too? I am writing this on a Mac, because it’s much better than Windows. Apple didn’t need any patents to get me to buy their system. I don’t even like the company, I think they’re brats, small thinkers. Even though I don’t have to, every year I spend thousands of dollars on their products. That says all I need to know about what kinds of locks you need on users. The only lock you need is to create a better product. The rest of it is nonsense.

The thing that I’ve always said is that I want to buy the best product, regardless of who makes it. I’m not that interested in brand. I’d rather have a non-branded device that works than the trendiest piece of shit in the world.