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From: John Slade
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:39
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:39
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alexd wrote:
> On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:09:23 -0800, SMS wrote:
>
>> I think it's not that. Flash uses a lot of processing power, and hence a
>> lot of battery power. Performance and battery life suffer. Better to not
>> allow them and make up a story about them being unstable.
>
> Really? Why would Apple lie about why an Adobe product sucks? Surely the
> truth is worse than the lie they made up [and I assume Apple want this to
> look like Adobe's fault here]?
>
Apple will lie because it might hurt sales. Apple will
lie to put itself in the best possible outlook in the public
eye. Companies do this all the time and Apple does it more than
most. I already mentioned the Apple firmware scandal back in the
90's. Then they had very misleading ads, one was even banned in
Great Britain because it was blatant false advertising.
John
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