Their commercials implore me to "Imagine Greater." Therein lies the problem; I do.

Hmmm, "...prompted before it attempts to use a service, .. allow or deny access."

I can just imagine just how useful that would be for the programs that protect you from private data exposure and unauthorized phone charges in the event of phone theft.

"May I please read this incoming SMS to see if it contains authentication from the legitimate owner?"

"May I please brick the phone now that the legitimate owner's request has been verified?"

You grant permissions up front. It isn't wrong, it is different.

The last time I used Win 3.1 it was using SoftPC on an iBook running Mac OS9.

Seriously.

I was trying to run an old install kit to grab a specific font. It wouldn't run on anything newer than Win 3.1. The SoftPC CD was there, the iBook was there, and it all worked. There was linux box in the mix to get the floppy contents to the Mac.

Sure, I could have just used a different font, but where would be the challenge in that?