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Apple: “The New, Old Microsoft”
Posted by: Lydia Choi | September 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment
View original articles on this topic here and here.
With the new release of Apple’s new iOS6 software update, it has become the new dinner table topic of this week. As with every apple release, debate has become to rise over the pros and cons of the newest product. This time, controversy revolves around Apple’s new navigation system that has replaced the old Google Maps. As well, they have removed Google’s built-in Youtube app, which has now become a stand-alone app.
The reason behind this motion is unclear, but the overall consensus is that Apple has become “the old Microsoft”, where their profits and interests come before their customers’. Slowly, Apple is beginning to monopolize this niche and its market, in an attempt to erase and counteract all of the company’s potential competition.
From researching the potential selfishness of this company, as well as reading Matthew Kan’s blog post about Apple exploiting child labour, their business ethics/values are highly questionable. But will knowing of their unethical behaviour prevent consumers from purchasing their products? What makes Apple so successful to the point where people would choose to turn a blind eye, and purchase merely for the idea of owning an Apple product?