Quote Originally Posted by gWaPito View Post
Ok Lastlid...its been established in an unbiased American court of law by an all American jury that Samsung were found guilty of copyright...

Not suggesting Apple nobbled the jury but this all stinks of corruption...reminds me when the yanks tried to stop the Japs importing there far superior cars.

Yes, Samsung copied but what they did was copied and further refined then sold at a far cheaper price...the consumers win...this is why Apple went to considerable time and expense to shut Samsung down...good for the consumer?...I think not.

All Apple is doing is creating a monopoly..simply as that.... some consumers are mugs....they wanna pay over the top for Apple products knowing full well.....at least until recently , they could get cheaper elsewhere.
All I can say then is, there are an awful lot of mugs about if your supposition is correct. Not everyone wants to buy budget brands or cheap copies. Hence the car analogy. If we all wanted to do was err that way then we would all be driving skodas or a similar budget brand car. We don't all want to be drinking the cheapest coffee in the cheapest coffee house even if you do, or the cheapest of anything. Have you always gone for the cheapest options?

On the matter of cheaper imitations, yes the customer maybe gains that way but as the man said, loses out in terms of innovative alternatives.