* Posts by @jporter

2 publicly visible posts • joined 16 Mar 2011

AT&T ends illicit handset tethering

@jporter
FAIL

What "service"?

Exactly what “service" beyond what I already pay for is AT&T providing when I tether my tablet? None. This is a double dip money grab, plain and simple. The fact that they would call attention to the fact that they are monitoring which apps their subscribers are using and how at the same time they're announcing the T-Mobile offer shows they are either incredibly arrogant or incredibly stupid.

Apple handcuffs 'open' web apps on iPhone home screen

@jporter

An entire strategy to protect

You're looking at this with blinders on, it's not about one of two free applications. Apple's mobile strategy is based on positioning itself between content/application providers and it's device owners so that it can control content access and extract a profit. To protect this Apple needs to continually guard against efforts by application developers and content providers that might chip away at that control and the profit stream it represents. I wouldn't be at all surprised if, at the very least, this is deliberate foot dragging on the part of Apple. Addressing the issue is simply not in their best interest.