Wow Apple is off the rails, eh?

AT&T is tragic, at best.  Om, from GigaOm (he went early due to AT&T), talks about his big iphone break up from earlier this year.

Now Iphone’s massively inconsistent app store is getting called out, and long time fanboys are bailing on the iphone.  Wild stuff…. have you guys been following this?

Google Voice app rejected (on engadget)

Apple Rotten to the Core (on techcrunch)

Finally… the fan boys are getting why collaborative business and open source is vital, necessary, and the future.  Decisions shrouded in mystery,  and inconsistent application of policies have finally disappointed some of the biggest Iphone fans:

Arrington, founder of TechCrunch, was an Iphone fan boy who quit his iphone on principle.

Or Bad Apple: An argument against buying an iphone (“if you don’t want to be locked out of innovation… don’t get an iphone”) – this is from someone who co-wrote a book exaulting the iphone

Now…. Apple is sort of in a corner. With so many unhappy customers, they are making up urban legends and attempting to instill fear into the populace with lies about massive failure of cell towers if you unlock your iphone.  Frankly, that is one of the most bizarre things I have ever heard.  Or at least… an incredibly odd move for iphone to make up new physics. “”This kind of theoretical threat,” von Lohmann said, “is more FUD than truth.”

*aaaaand* the fan boy charm is wearing off, as the cult gets jabbed by The Onion to boot.

*aaaaand* a serious memory bug can let hackers control your phone through a simple SMS message, and it was demonstrated at the Black Hat Conference last week.  “One minute I’m talking to Miller and the next minute my phone is dead, and this time it’s not AT&T’s fault. “

Way to go Apple.  You are able to take the ingenuity and pride of technicians, engineers, and everyone else and begin too drive it into the ground with terrible business acumen.  Well done guys.  Keep it up… the more market share you lose, the more competition…. and then the brilliance of capitalism will shine as I finally have a phone that works perfectly.  (Idealism is for the future, to say the least)

Your cult-like, inconsistent, proprietary bullying is starting to get old. Rhyme and Reason are friends of business. Give em a call (if your AT&T plan doesn’t drop the line first)!