[ale] [OT] Are iPhone apps $$$ why Android apps are free?

The Don Lachlan ale-at-ale.org at unpopularminds.org
Sun Jun 12 11:21:00 EDT 2011


On 06/11/2011 08:36 AM, Chris Fowler wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 23:44 -0400, The Don Lachlan wrote:
>> People use GNU/Linux for different reasons. Sure, I get that. But how
>> can someone support GNU/Linux and simultaneously say that vendor
>> lock-in is a positive thing? How can one say it's a positive because
>> they conned their customers?
> From a business perspective you have to respect someone who has found a
> way to sell you something and keep you coming back for more.

No, I don't. I don't respect con men, thieves, or bullies. What you call 
marketing, I call lying.

-L


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