Originally Posted by
AnimalPak200 The words of the title were chosen to attract attention. I've spent enough time in the forums to know neutrally-worded titles are the death of any thread.
OK, so the point of your posting is simply to attract attention, not to have a useful discussion. As long as we're clear on that...
Originally Posted by
AnimalPak200 In any case, I was pointing out the unfairness of such promos that for whatever reason exclude BlackBerry.
It's not unfair - companies will almost always spend more time/effort/money promoting the things they think will sell more and/or make more money for them.
What is unfair is when a company has a contractual agreement to sell a vendor's product (ie T-Mobile vis-a-vis BlackBerry), but then turns around and tries to undermine their sales and poach their customers and switch them to another platform. That's sleazy and unethical, and potentially a contractual violation on the part of a business partner.
But I personally do not begrudge a company putting more effort into marketing things they think will make them more money.
Benign neglect is a fact of life for a product with the marketshare of BlackBerry these days. Once again, where I draw the line are specific efforts to undermine the product by trying to switch them to another vendor, or allowing their salespeople to spew inexcusable lies like the company is out of business.
Which is why I supported BlackBerry's decision to end their resale agreement with T-Mobile.