[SxC97]

Nice try, but I've found it's impossible to convince assholes that maybe people aren’t mindless fanboys, but rather that everyone has different requirements for their personal devices and it’s fruitless to try and force your preferences on them.

[anigbrowl]

Nice try, but I've found it's impossible to convince nerds that maybe businesses aren’t mindless tyrants, but rather that every firm has different target markets for their business model and it’s fruitless to try and force your preferences on them.

I would personally just not buy an iOS device for this reason, though now they're putting M* chips in them I suspect they'll eventually be jailbroken and able to run an open source operating sysem.

[bloppe]

Nice try, but I've found it's impossible to convince businesses to break me out of jail.

[anigbrowl]

You just need to find less respectable businesses, although the terms-and-conditions might be more, ah, strictly enforced.