You're right. I never liked when Apple started waging war on Android over IP, especially in light of their wholesale copying of Android's notification system, for example, but it didn't seem particularly out of character, and it seemed in line with Steve Jobs being offended by Android.
But Apple teaming up with Microsoft is what made the issue cross some threshold for me. Individual corporations acting in independent self-interest is one thing, but industry incumbents forming a cartel to shut out competition, even if it still counts as self-interest, for me crosses a line.
But Apple teaming up with Microsoft is what made the issue cross some threshold for me. Individual corporations acting in independent self-interest is one thing, but industry incumbents forming a cartel to shut out competition, even if it still counts as self-interest, for me crosses a line.