Ya know, while I really enjoy using my Macbook Pro and a few other Apple pieces of hardware, I am really, really beginning to despise this piece of shit called an iPhone and the company that makes it. Why the harsh, colorful, anti-elementary language? iStat Pro was a great little memory management app (I use that term loosely because Apple’s BS restrictions restrict any “memory management app” being used to their fullest potential) that would show you all sorts of information about the memory being used at any given point by your iPhone. But the best feature was the “free memory” option that allowed users to reclaim several to ten’s of megabytes of memory back from applications that had already closed, or were simply nibbling away at available memory for no reason at all.
Apparently Apple loves to make their apps suck, has a sick fascination with negative publicity, or is actively trying to push users to other platforms. If you haven’t guessed by now, let me spell it out for you: Apple forced the developers of iStat Pro to remove the free memory option from their app. So, if you liked/used that particular option a lot, you’re going to want to never upgrade iStat Pro again. Shame I know.
Seriously, now it’s getting ridiculous. I can’t wait to get rid of this stupid, locked device where I have absolutely no control some control (jailbreak FTW) over my device. While many other companies would get a hailstorm of bad press, and Apple probably will in the blogosphere, the mainstream media will continue on, loving their little shackled devices.
The iStat developers said they thought long and hard about their options. I would have seriously stopped all iPhone development, lose some cash, and cut some employees if I had to. That’s the hard honest truth. Maybe then that stupid fruit would get a clue. For Apple to first approve an app and approve several updates and then all of a sudden go “oopsie” and take away the only real reason for buying said app in the first place, well, FUCK YOU APPLE! Maybe if we bitch loud/long enough, Apple will change some of their ways (don’t hold your breath) and we can finally get some common sense to infiltrate the iron curtain of stupidity that surrounds Apple HQ.
Anyone else a bit angered? Join in below!
Source: BGR
