Nobody's mad.. But Apple in particular chastises their competition for something (big screen size, NFC, multitasking, etc) their new/current product doesn't have just to sell it. Then they implement the same thing a year or 2 later. I bet when their newer phones are released later this year, you'll hear no mention of the "thumb reach all corners" marketing ploy.
You end up having fan boys turning those marketing ploys into their reasons for flat out not wanting the feature(s). They then sing Apple's praises when that feature comes on the next iDevice.
The frivolous lawsuits (by everyone in tech but Apple leads the pack by a mile) are another story..
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That's called business really. The android companies copy from themselves and apple all the time whatever they find to work.
It's what makes the products better for all customers ... Competition.
if you're a company that sees something being made- at first you might be skeptical and say "no on will want that". Once you see it in people's hands, and you suspect maybe the people who buy your product may want something like it, and you have the means, you make one to sell to them.
It's been going on since every phone came out claiming to be the iPhone killer- several attempts before they came even close. Even then they had to damn near copy it.
Back then it was interesting, now they're all merging the best ideas into each new version.
Duh.
Some people like the integration of having the apple products. I'm one of them. Apple is the manufacturer and the software maker. They make mobile products, computers, appletv, and when all together, they work well that way.
Other companies make some mobile products. Some make software. When they try somethin new and it works- apple users say, "that'd be nice to have, especially if I could integrate it into what I already have". Apple eventually responds. Everyone is happy.
Android fans, I'm sure it works similar in your world. I noticed that the new models made by htc or Samsung (I don't remember), stopped having a removable battery and removable memory. That used to be the major selling point, but they must've noticed that not as many people care. Good for them. Where's the issue?
