Marty Stepp

I hate the iPhone almost as much as I hate Apple in general.  If you buy one, you are buying into an expensive, closed, locked-down ecosystem where one soulless company has control over your device and what you and others can do with it.

Here are just a few of the many links about why the iPhone is crap:

• The iPhone is a piece of shit, and so is your face.
• The Onion: Apple Claims New iPhone Only Visible to Most Loyal of Customers
• There’s No App for That
• Apple Claims Jailbreaking Enables Hackers, Drug Dealers, and Cyber Attacks
• Apple Rejects Nine Inch Nails iPhone App
• Daring Fireball: iPhone Dictionary, Censored by Apple
• PocketGamer: Apple Pulls Commodore 64 Emulator App

(Full disclosure: I do own one Apple product that I like: an original first generation iPod Shuffle 512mb.  The thing gets like 50 hours on a single battery charge, and it’s too cheap and crappy looking for anyone to steal.  A workout staple.)