Jason Calacanis reads my mind, rants about Apple

Jason Calacanis is the guy behind Mahalo, and he seems to take issue with the closed nature of the iPhone. In a recent episode of This Week in Startups, he really tore into Apple for what he sees as an assault on the open nature of technology. Granted, the App Store is Apple's own personal playground, and they can do what they like. But that doesn't mean that you can't disagree with it on philosophical grounds.

Mr. Calacanis makes his point well, and lays blame on those that blindly follow Apple's lead. It's really shocking how many people seem to be willing to follow Apple to the ends of the Earth. It's not just the iPhone. I've seen numerous people on teh intarwebz raving about how cool the matte screen on the 15" MacBook Pro is. It's a matte display. Get over it. Apple giving you a simple choice that you should have had all along is not the second coming. Some people even see this as grounds to replace their current model. Didn't you just buy one? Can't you at least wait until the next version comes out with a 200Mhz CPU bump?

It seems that Apple has gotten used to their users going with the flow. They are so caught up in controlling the iPhone user experience that they're forgetting about their users. To top it off, I think they're also forgetting about innovation. What has the iPhone really brought to the table UI-wise since it's release? If we've learned anything from WinMo and Symbian, it's that you can't stop innovating. I have an iPhone, and I'm getting fed up. I don't want to go with the flow. I think an Android phone is in my future. I'm doing the capitalist thing, and voting with my dollars.