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11-30-2011, 02:58 PM
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| |  Sign of the Ap(p)ocalypse -- Tether removed from Apple App Store
in a sure sign that post Jobs Apple Corporation is losing its way, the ever-popular iTether application has been removed from the App Store. News of this tragic event was greeted with much weeping and gnashing of teeth and speculation on Wall Street is that this is a clear indicator of a precipitous drop in Apple's fortunes. Wall Street analysts, when pressed for advice for people who already own over-priced shares in the former darling of the NYSE from Cupertino, suggested that stockholders sell immediately and even went so far as to opine that such monumental events usually pre-saged a halt in training.
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Source: Apple Pulls iTether | Tether 
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11-30-2011, 03:02 PM
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Hahaha I needed a good laugh................ 
Thanks for laugh I needed it today.
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11-30-2011, 03:05 PM
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lol good one.
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11-30-2011, 03:15 PM
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weird decision by Apple, they might be preparing an alternative to the app owned by them. Anyway APPL stock is up 2.41% in today's trading so far.
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11-30-2011, 03:34 PM
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The OP makes some grand conclusions about Apple but the article is clearly another example of the apple eco-system closing down on users. Kindle, Kobo, B&N, audible.com, and now iTether.
Apple is making it clear that they not only want you to buy your iPod, iPhone, iMac, iTV, etc. from them but they also want to sell you all the content at a premium.
To be fair, Apple knows how to pull them tough. Not all at once but a few here and there. They have upset their users but not enough to leave the ecosystem. After spending 200 bucks for an iPod, 200 for an iPhone4s, 1500 for an iBook an d2200 for an iMac, I can see how it is hard to leave. I call it the iClaustrophobia condition.
No choice of iPhones, no battery swap on a phone with battery problems, non-standard cables, restricted apps, anti-competitive behavior, the company sues more people than Microsoft (and Mr. Softie is a big **** already), component manufacturers committing mass suicides on a company that micromanages everything, and still they are out selling everyone. NUTS!
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11-30-2011, 03:37 PM
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And I am happy EVERYDAY for the closed ECO-System. Because security has been compromised one EVERY platfrom but iOS and WP7. Cert IQ buddy go learn.......
Almost as hard to leave BB when you rop 249 for a phone that has minimal apps......right? Or 599 for PB that barely works then they drop the price to 199 that's a feel good for you.
Dude you drink more kool-aid than the Jonestown folks did......
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11-30-2011, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by guerllamo7  The OP makes some grand conclusions about Apple but the article is clearly another example of the apple eco-system closing down on users. Kindle, Kobo, B&N, audible.com, and now iTether.
Apple is making it clear that they not only want you to buy your iPod, iPhone, iMac, iTV, etc. from them but they also want to sell you all the content at a premium.
To be fair, Apple knows how to pull them tough. Not all at once but a few here and there. They have upset their users but not enough to leave the ecosystem. After spending 200 bucks for an iPod, 200 for an iPhone4s, 1500 for an iBook an d2200 for an iMac, I can see how it is hard to leave. I call it the iClaustrophobia condition.
No choice of iPhones, no battery swap on a phone with battery problems, non-standard cables, restricted apps, anti-competitive behavior, the company sues more people than Microsoft (and Mr. Softie is a big **** already), component manufacturers committing mass suicides on a company that micromanages everything, and still they are out selling everyone. NUTS! | You do realize this app allowed you to tether using your current smartphone data plan right? You do realize that carriers make users pay for a hotspot/tethering plan in order to tether/hotspot right?
Apple allowing the app would then allow users to bypass carrier restrictions.
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11-30-2011, 03:51 PM
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He never said iOS was the most secure. All he said was all platforms have been victims. He said iOS and WP7 are not victims of CIQ, and according to every single source reporting the story, they all say the same thing.
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11-30-2011, 03:53 PM
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Good lord you rehash OLD stuff over and over. I don't barge into your BB is awesome and I convinced 6 people to buy one threads. Get over yourself go back to the BB threads and leave the grown ups alone.
It seems your devices are compromised so get over it. Mine isn't and never has been.
Thank you Steve Jobs for being a ****. You kept me from the bigger jerks.
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11-30-2011, 03:56 PM
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Accidental Post,
I apologize. This is the apple thread and I told you I would stay out of it. Sorry. I honestly did not notice.
By the way, the iPad2 and iPhone are nice devices. To each his own.
Peace. 
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I don't understand why Apple would remove this app. Blackberry has the bridge feature, which means I never have to pay $50 or more per month for a data plan for my tablet. Granted, most of the time I have WiFi, but there are times when I don't have WiFi and need an internet connection. I imagine the carriers put pressure on Apple to remove it. I could also imagine the carriers putting pressure on BB to remove their bridge app. But considering how most stores don't even have the new BB phones charged up and working it's unlikely they have much pull over BB.  I can't always say this, but I'm glad to own BB products!!
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11-30-2011, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by donnyphone I don't understand why Apple would remove this app. Blackberry has the bridge feature, which means I never have to pay $50 or more per month for a data plan for my tablet. Granted, most of the time I have WiFi, but there are times when I don't have WiFi and need an internet connection. I imagine the carriers put pressure on Apple to remove it. I could also imagine the carriers putting pressure on BB to remove their bridge app. But considering how most stores don't even have the new BB phones charged up and working it's unlikely they have much pull over BB. I can't always say this, but I'm glad to own BB products!! | It violates carrier TOS. PB bridge is only for a tablet (which some carriers have a problem with as well). This app was for tethering anything. If you want to tether, every single major US carrier has it set up that you cannot use your normal data plan and you need a tethering plan.
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11-30-2011, 04:24 PM
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Well call verizon and ask them if they charge for bridge and see what they say.
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11-30-2011, 04:43 PM
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Bridge and tether are two completely separate deals.
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