I was comparing brands of cars against brands of phones... but you pretty much missed the point.

I still remember the good ol’ days when you weren’t called a fanboy just for choosing a certain brand of phone

Are you comparing cars against phones? Are you suggesting that cell iphones are as interchangeable as cars with other cell phones? Did you mean to leave out tires, gas, service and all the aftermarket product and services you do not have to get at Ford?

God! Do you remember lugging those 16 inch CRTs? I remember using a folding table as a temporary desk and how it developed a bow trying to hold up my 17 inch CRT.

It has been exposed to use and environments. Same as anything sold as used or refurbished. Like all the refurbished cars that showed up after Katrina. They had been refurbished, but there could be plenty more lurking under the hood somewhere. You could put a new battery and screen glass in an iPad, but the fact…

They look new and function as good as new

You sound just like every monopolist in history. If you cannot see the problems with what Apple is doing. How it is harming the market and you, then you need to take a short trip through American history.

I mean, feel free to start an app marketplace

It’s just something every company has to deal with because it’s better to have their products in a large retailer with a lot of foot traffic than selling their wares on the side of the road

I still remember the old Apple versus Microsoft days. When the Apple fan boys used to rant on and on about the predatory and monopolistic practices of Microsoft and how they were trying to lock you in. Oh, the good old days...

Old days of Zima? You mean OLD days of Bartles and James.

If it keeps more people out of the limited seating bars, I am all for it.

Nah, it’s perfect. Keep throwing around this ~Slate~ article. It seems like science? Amiright?

If it is human nature to be distracted. In other words, it is just how humans are. Then that is the constant. What has changed is the insertion of a game that plays on this innate weakness. Why blame the constant and not the variable. Why blame what can’t be changed instead of what can be and what has just been added?

Just as distracted. So, you are saying this game is doing nothing to add to the net distraction?

Just press the turbo button on the front of the case.

More plastic in her chest than in the panels on that vette.

They also always check for outstandings.

Exactly this. When I travel every week and can’t get an upgrade because the guy in front of me gets points on his business card or received points when refinancing a mortgage.