Hmm. Hate might be too strong word. Some people just don't like their business model. For me it´s just same. "free"market (USA doesn't really have free market when speaking about phones&TSPs but that aside) gives playground to all companies and let´s see what outcome will be.

But not all people appreciate that iPhones is connected to iTunes. Many people like it and many people do not like it. Why would people be forced to use windows when you have also other operating systems that are free? Currently some of our schools here in ´Finland are changing to linux (ubuntu).