Before Apple introduced the iPhone… →

Kontra reminds us of the days before the iPhone existed while pointing out why some fanboys have taken their Rage against Apple on public grounds:

There are several leitmotivs [for those who've publicly denounced the iPhone]. One is that the iPhone fell short of their ideal of what a smartphone has to be. Another is their perception that Apple’s recent growth and profitability necessarily make it evil much the way Google is also considered as such, because all large companies must be, like Microsoft, evil. Of course, Apple is controlled by a single person named Steve Jobs, who, if you’re wondering, is evil.

Until a competitor makes a better device, that has everything the iPhone has and more, people will continues to flock to the iPhone. And as long as that happens, developers will only see the the App Store as a gold mine. The sad part is, until a true competitor comes a long, Apple will continue toying with their customers. What’s even sadder? There doesn’t seem to be a viable contender on the horizon.

[via MacDailyNews]