I hate Apple and ipods and itunes right now with an aboslute passion. I hate everything about it and their incredibly intelligent monopoly on music and all industries tied to it. I hate the way the nicely sorted music can disappear in a moment and there is not even an apology, let alone a refund or a helpful e-mail explaining how to salvage what remains. I hate how they overcharge me a ridiculous amount of money for music without even supplying the lyrics to me. I hate that even though I bought the music, or maybe I didn’t buy it from them and simply imported my cd into itunes, they still technically own it. I hate all the licenses they have so cleverly instilled into the music so that even if you try to get it off of itunes you can’t.
I hate their warranties that last a mere year without additional charge, which coincidently seems to be about the same length of time all of their products last. But if you were gullible enough to purchase a longer warranty, it really doesn’t help because within two years whatever product you have from them is practically obsolete. If that happens the store employees will look at you like you have been living under a rock because obviously they “don’t carry that anymore” and there really is not much they can do to fix it, except offer you a ten percent discount on the newest money sucking gadget. I hate how all their new products somehow cost much more yet have less features. (Did anyone else notice a power adapter missing the last time they bought an ipod? Yep, that’s an extra 30 dollars now. Gee, thanks.) I hate all of the accesories that can be bought separately. Once they know you are buying the ipod and of course all of the music, they immediately press hundreds of other products like speakers, car adapters, cases, headphones, armbands, and other ridiculous junk giving you the impression that without all of that it really doesn’t work the way you want it to, in fact, without all the other stuff there’s really no point to have the ipod you just bought.
Would somebody please sue Apple?
It’s as though the half-eaten apple symbol of theirs should be more of a 
warning. Why is the apple not whole and perfect? Or if it is eaten, why only one bite? What happened to the person that ate the one bite? Have we learned nothing from Snow White!? In different translations from the original German story of Snow White, the apple is described as “the most tempting apple you could hope to see.” and “it was so beautiful to look upon that all who saw it longed for it; but it brought death to any who should eat it.”
Somehow this seems to correlate. Why did they pick an apple as their trademark anyway? Because all of their products are rotten in disguise? Because they want to poison not only me, but my computer, ipod, itunes, phone, and everything else as well by making it all look so appealing? The biggest problem is that they don’t supply me with a prince to come and kiss it all better. (Obviously, Snow White was a happy ending…unfortunately it doesn’t look like it’ll be the same for me) I’m starting to think it’s the same apple. I hate Apple right now.
