Comments on: More Reasons to Mistrust Apple

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:22:47 +0000

Who cares?

By: zato

zato — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:44:27 +0000

“Apple’s arrogance just grows and grows.”

2 Digit MacSux T-Shirt wearing PC egoist.

By: AdamC

AdamC — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:37:50 +0000

Did MS fans make any noise when MS software download by itself or the windoz has to restart all of a sudden because there is download was completed in the background.

Come on stop this crap, it is Apple that’s why all the huha, if it is MS no one will even mention it.

By: Anona

Anona — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:33:23 +0000

You’re a fool if you don’t think this is both necessary and beneficial. If there’s a runaway app do you want 20 million users try to manage it on their own? Get real.

By: Brett

Brett — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:01:28 +0000

“outrageous”… “fanboys”… “arrogance”….
I love the smell of Apple hatred in the morning.

Calm down.

I have a prediction: Apple will only use the kill switch to disable unquestionably malicious software. If and when this happens, they will promptly refund the cost of said software. And iPhone owners will be grateful that the kill switch was there.

Perhaps the ongoing PC malware epidemic might be curbed if MSWindows had such a kill switch.

Those who want an fully open mobile platform (and the responsibility that entails) should certainly have the option, but Apple should not necessarily be obligated to provide it, nor criticized for opting to provide a controlled environment.

By: Scott Kendall

Scott Kendall — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:50:57 +0000

I for one AM an Apple fanboy and I think that this is a good idea. The reason: If an app gets published to the App Store that starts to “phone home”, then they can block it so that no personal information can be transmitted to the author’s mailbox