Drink the iKoolAid
If this article at engadget is correct, 500,000 units of the new phone have been sold so far. That’s 250 million dollars at the bare minimum, not counting those folks that sprung for the more expensive unit or maybe dumped some cash on some accessories as well. Have people forgotten who the exclusive carrier for this thing is? The company that helped Bush spy on millions of American Citizens? Does that ring a bell? This company now has 250,000 new customers with thousands more before the week is over, who knows how many millions before the year is over.
The telcos have sold everybody out to the sham government that has taken over this once-free country and, unbelievably, the People are slobbering all over themselves in all manner of ugly ways to pay for the privilege to be spied on.
What bugs me most about this whole thing is the complicit hardware designer. By signing a deal to give this telco an exclusive contract, they have sided against the American people and decided that unlawful wiretapping is okay. Man, that’s just not cool. I won’t be giving them any more of my money so I need to start looking for a new laptop that’s GNU/Linux-friendly…something compact like my iBook 12″…any suggestions?
July 2nd, 2007 at 10:52 am
We have a very short attention span. My mom’s thinking of getting one of these things. “What’s the problem with AT&T?” she wanted to know. I reminded her of the spying. “Oh yeah.” She’ll probably still buy one. But don’t worry, Paris Hilton just got out of jail.
July 3rd, 2007 at 3:38 am
Thank you kindly sir for serving up some reality on this one.
“Ooo Ooo! Can I wait in line for four days to sign an AT&T contract?!”
The mainstream coverage on this has been awful. And, I don’t know what it is with alternative folks, but I think that Apple gets away with a lot of shit as if they aren’t a corporation out to make a buck like the rest of them.
And, I am damn happy to hear your blog voice again brother. I was missing you!
July 3rd, 2007 at 12:03 pm
Apple seems more evil to me now than Microsoft. Never thought I’d say that.
K-Dog - Thanks Man, it’s good to be back!
July 4th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
Woooo, you blog lots again! Thanks for the link! And I never knew this stuff about AT&T (I think I was gone when it was an issue) so this info is v.interesting to me.