Agreed; and like I said in the original reply, IF the author got confirmation that Google was doing something like that, he would whine like a little girl.

There are points that I partially agree with, but not all. For example, all that Apple needs to do with their core apps is to make them "good enough" for the majority of its users to not feel the need to go with the alternatives. Apple Maps doesn't have to be as good as or better than Google Maps (which I must agree…

Slightly different; see my reply to another post above.

I understand there's a difference, but the logic used in the post does not discriminate between what's "private" and what's "public"; just that we should suck it up because we're using a "free" service. Also, the problem with what the now-defunct new Instagram TOS was that images & accounts that are set to "private"…

I understand this, but slightly different from the point I was making. Google will basically link up ads that are out there with what they algorithmically decide as relevant Email that you send and receive. Your personal information is never "sold" to third parties per se.

Not the point.

BULLSHIT. This logic can be applied to *any* quote-unquote "free" service on the web. I bet you would whine like a little girl if one day Google changed their TOS and said they are going to sell all your Gmail messages to ad companies. Tell me that you won't.

Hear, hear.

Say the same things about how ridiculous this kind of reaction is and all the crap people upload aren't worthy of the kind of privacy & copyright protection that people are calling for, except substitute YouTube (or Vimeo or Flickr or whatever) for Instagram, and you'd see how utterly imbecilic what you just said is.

So just think where we would be if Apple *hadn't* dumped Google Maps back in September (hint: we'd have the same crippled Google Maps on iOS6 as the one we had back then).

Don't see the update yet.

Isn't this like one of the most basic features in any decent Email client since time immemorial? I mean, I didn't know that it could be done in the Gmail/web interface, since I use Gmail on Mail.app, but considering everything that Google Apps can do, I find myself not one iota surprised that this is possible.

iPhone 5, unlimited grandfathered from the time of Genesis, and no go for me in the Boston metro area.

While we're on the subject of douchebag moviegoers, can I just rant about all you MOTHERFUCKERS who can't keep your mouths shut during horror movies? Maybe it's OK to yap during the Rocky Horror Show, but when the movie is supposed to be a genuine thriller (Ring, Paranormal Activity, REC/Quarantine, etc.), all your…

OMG, 100 followers. I bet he used one of the services where you pay to get followers, because a 100 followers is just insane.

I'd lov3 to see exactly where that took place; I'm facinated by this saga; I go to Belize twice a year to do archaeology and the country is near and dear to me. I know all these places that are referenced, too (it's a very small country).

I have a camera lens that's list price is €3,200, though I got it through bartering with my translation skills. I also have a Hasselblad 903SWC which I got for 3G but retailed for a lot more than that. About it I guess? I haven't purchased a computer costing more than 2k in a looong time. Those days are over.

See, you failed with your very first point: "1. I already had a great iPad. " I've written this elsewhere, but I'll repeat it here. The primary target of the iPad mini is NOT those who already have bigger iPads; not even those people who already have iPads but always *wanted* a smaller iPad. No, the primary target is…

I am in no way opposing the settlement here, or the fact that Apple "stole" this design, and that they should pay up for it.

Thought the same thing, but realized she'd started shooting in the "motor drive" days, and just can't get rid of that term in the age of "10FPS" cameras :)