And I'm not arguing with you; but doesn't that just... well, show how short-sighted some companies are?

Keep pissing off your customers, and in this day and age, they'll go to your official forums, to affiliate forums like this, to Amazon.com, to other very visual places and complain like no other.

And then they'll stop buying your stuff. They'll spread their vitriol. And even the most deep-rooted fan will grow cold to your products. I'm waiting on that to start happening to Apple - they've become the Microsoft as of late. Nokia has become cold, it seems.

And yeah, I'm really starting to get a bit bummed out because as much as I like gadgets, I hate the companies because they've become very transparent as to how much they see us as only a dollar and the shareholders want to find that way to squeeze out that next buck from us.

I... just ****ing hate it. And worse... hate it when the people that still believe in that brand just ramp up against the people that are skeptical for rather valid reasons.

Nokia, Apple... I'm not just a profit margin. And soon, I'll use neither of your products. I can remember a day when I didn't need/use a cellphone. I can return to that rather quickly.