I'll bet you a dollar that there's a TOS/EULA section forbidding reverse engineering. So if using beeper violates it, are they really the "bad guy" for shutting you off?

I don't like it. I think it's crappy. Apple management sucks for many MANY reasons. I'm just saying... It's not like there was no warning or nothing forbidding doing this kind of thing.

I don't like it. I think it's scummy... .BUT.... There is almost certainly a "thou shalt not reverse engineer" in the EULA/TOS.

The main difference I know of is the priority for traffic. How is your data speed during "peak" usage times? It would likely be noticeably different than a phone using the "real" owner of the tower/carrier.

I'm gonna need about $3.50

"Focused"? no. I've been a daily Mac user since '94 and at no time have I believed they wanted to do anything other than play lip service.

If they had, we would have had machines capable of using the same video cards, throughout this time. We had a few hot spots with the G3 smurf towers through the G4 and G5 Mac Pro's, but those were too expensive.

We begged Apple for mid-range desktops that could be upgraded and the response from Jobs and Cook has been a clear and consistent "fuck you."

That... that's not bad.

And by harm, I don't mean PERCEIVED, POTENTIAL loss of income. "Oh, if they'd asked us, we would have demanded a billion dollars for all the articles we've published over the last 100 years for a 1-year license in perpetuity."

The Times also wants money, lots and lots of money: "statutory damages, compensatory damages, restitution, disgorgement, and any other relief that may be permitted by law or equity."

I love that last part... "We can't name every way the law MAY CONCEIVABLY define how we might be owed money. Let the judge figure it out for us."

Joker? No thanks.
Venom 3? Probably funny. will probably see it.
Deadpool 3? Only thing I'm hopeful will be good and see if Disney can pull a crowbar out of their ass long enough to make some money.

We told you we didn't want to see Amber Heard in this. You HEARing us now?

Yeah it's the license. The same principle the RIAA used to tell people they could back up their music, but if their CD's got stolen from their cars/homes, they were obligated to delete the "backups" from their computers after ripping.

Judging by some of the videos I've seen of teenagers bitching about green bubbles, I almost think they'd choose the blue over the shoes.

"a common hobby shared by a lot of people" =/= "all"

Oh, they cared. It's just that those that cared actually admitted they wanted the blue talk bubbles and look like idiots when they do.

I remember hearing we were starting to investigate putting in plants around Yellowstone, but then they detected increased seismic activity and decided not to poke at it...

Even just from a monetary standpoint, it's irresponsible of them to not even try.

Disney has done some shitty-ass stuff, but Mickey is "theirs" and a bunch of merchandise-makers in china/wherever don't (shouldn't) have any right to him.