It was a misunderstanding after my first reading of the article. The actual issue is that the reboot cycle happens so rapidly that you never actually have an opportunity to interact with the phone to turn WiFi off once it starts, until you're out of range of the malicious AP.

Horrible wording in the article that made it not immediately clear, actually. I also posted a correction more than 20 minutes before your "horrible summary" judgment. Also, from the article:

In other words:

you're boned.

Indeed, I realized the error upon re-reading the article. If only I could update the summary...

Congrats, you pointed that out a full 21 minutes after the submitter. I'd change it in the summary but, well, Slashdot doesn't allow it.

Are you f'ing kidding me?! I'd much rather have other drivers glance at their phones for a few seconds at a time than stare at them in awe as they continuously reboot!

It's my first accepted submission (to be fair, my first legitimate submission); I've been here for a while.

OH! I get it! You were playing on stereotypes!

Proofreading... apparently I don't do it. Please excuse the added "in" in the 2nd paragraph and the extra "ago" in the 3rd.

I see that a lot. Then again, I'm one sarcastic MFer, so...

In all honesty, the direction Apple is moving in today saddens me. I was just becoming an Apple user in as Steve Jobs was dying and I began to see the signs of change shortly thereafter. I'm seeing it happening even more quickly now.

Some will say it's a good thing that Apple is branching out in other directions. I would agree with those people, except that Apple is not branching out, they're abandoning the direction that saved them from utter ruin over a decade ago ago, a direction that is proven and profitable, in favor of a new direction. I'm all for branching out, especially when talking about a company with plenty of capital to reach in multiple directions at once, and if that's what Apple was doing I'd be more than happy to see it. They're playing a dangerous game right now, though, and they have enough capital on hand that I fear they might not notice impending failure until they've been running full-speed ahead in the wrong direction for a decade or longer.

Actually, after giving the article another read-through, I think I got it wrong in the summary. The reboot cycle happens so quickly that, once you've entered it, you don't have the opportunity to turn WiFi off until you've left the range of the rogue AP. The article really isn't clear on that point, but it may well be that, if you have WiFi turned off already, you're safe.

You seem to have missed the point of my post. Don't worry, I understand that sarcasm doesn't come through very well in text.

Certainly not so that I...err...uhm...people can use the bug to annoy their iOS-using friends or anything. Certainly not that.

You know, there are no numbers in your statement. Maybe it's more they're limiting how many they make in order to make it seem like they're selling more. It's not like they've ever done that before, or anything, right?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not poking and prodding at Apple out of hatred, I'm doing so because, as an Apple user, I want them to succeed, but I also want them to keep going in a direction that is useful to me. As I see them shifting in a direction that is anything but, I prod them back in the direction that benefits not only myself, but also the largest number of users.

Of course, they're free to (and will) do whatever they want, but that doesn't mean they'll succeed if they do. They've got so much capital on hand that it will take decades of failure and moving in the wrong direction before they actually go out of business; I suppose that's a good thing, as it gives them plenty of time to try a few different CEOs and maybe save themselves. What you're seeing now is the last of Steve's momentum, things really are slowing down for Apple and I have a distinct feeling we're about to see them start losing their market in the next 2 or 3 years.

When that happens, I don't think they're necessarily done for. I'll take that opportunity to buy their stock cheap, though, knowing they'll either find another CEO like Steve Jobs or get bought by another company that will add value to their stock.

I think I said that, actually.

I then continued to clarify:

Did you not read the sentence immediately preceding the one you quoted? Hmm?

Where did I say anything about piracy?

Except for the whole "doesn't work on Android" part.

How about Amazon? Or Google Play? In addition to Google's native support on Android (obviously), they both work in-browser and both have iOS apps available: Amazon Instant Video for iOS Google Play Movies & TV for iOS.

Platform support alone makes both of those better options than iTunes. I'm not sure if you missed my point or if you were simply ignoring it.

And Apple chases dollars.

And that has precisely what to do with the point I was countering? It's a basic needs machine. Yes, it's a luxury item, so we'll call it a luxury basic needs machine, but it's still a basic needs machine, plain and simple. You didn't even attempt to argue, you only agreed with me without realizing it.

Unless they care about point #5.

But you still seem to have missed my point. There really is no market for the new MacBook. You're absolutely right that there are better machines available for 1/4 the price. Even people who buy luxury for the sake of luxury aren't complete morons and they'll seldom pay more than 2x the price of the "common person's" equivalent version of something, so this isn't even targeted at that crowd. It's the absolute most basic of basic needs machines, coming to you at a mobile workstation price; I'm too lazy to search out sales figures for it, but I'd be surprised if they've covered R&D at this point.