The hegemony of Apple

It is funny how Apple can do anything they want and get away with it. They have stomped on my nerves twice in the last 2 days.. 

All I wanted to do was to test my iPhone app on a real phone.. because I heard there was a bug in the emulator where you might not be able to edit a TableView.

I had an iPhone 3GS updated to iOS 5.1, and I had the new-ish XCode (4.2) i had paid for sometime back. Should be no problem, right?

: You cant install the app on your iphone because your Xcode does not support iOS 5.1.

Me: Okay, can I download a newer XCode with 5.1 support? 

: No you cant, because you dont have our new awesome OSX Lion. 

Me: Lion? My friend keeps complaining about Lion.. I dont want Lion yet. Plus it costs me $30. So the new XCode doesnt work on Snow Leopard, eh?

: Oh it does! But we ll only let you download it if you buy a developer license for $99. 

Me: ??? Ok fine I ll just downgrade the iOS on my iPhone then?

:Ofcourse you cant do that. Our new products are always beyond awesome. Too bad. You better pay up!

Me:

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Me: Ok, let me just copy this file into my friend’s thumbdrive,
: Ooops it’s NTFS. NTFS is microsoft.. we dont support that shit.
Me: But I can copy files FROM my friend’s thumbdrive to the mac!
: Yeah, because the file is entering awesome-land. We dont allow it to leave though..
Me: So how do I copy the file?
: Reformat the thumbdrive!
Me:

I ll find a way around your stupidity. * Search search * Ah, here is a hack to tell Mac to make the NTFS writable. So it does understand how to write to NTFS then! Bloody poser!
: But that wont work on your macbook air! Whos your daddy!

Me:

Screw you Apple! Even Dr. Greg House couldnt be a jerk forever.. your day will come!