pornel's point is that this isn't a point in Apple's favor, they just saw that being horrible didn't work for them and scaled it down to being merely terrible.
Also, I find the metaphor quite apt.
Also, I find the metaphor quite apt.
Each to their own I guess.
EDIT: My point is that it's a bad metaphor not because there are no links between the two but, as with most heavily emotive metaphors, it comes with too much baggage which distracts from the intended message.
A metaphor doesn't have to be a perfect match for what it's describing but the broad content and emotional tone should be similar and here I think it's hard to justify that this is the case.
The original [great great grandparent] comparison was not primarily noting the congruence between Apple's behavior and wife beating, but rather the congruence between the praise some people were giving Apple for their change of behavior and praising someone for ceasing to beat their spouse.
And yes, that is the point of the metaphor.
I'm happy to accept that negative is reasonable here, I don't accept that emotive in this way this metaphor is, is useful or a good reflection of the situation.
https://www.iflowreader.com/Closing.aspx
http://blog.readability.com/2011/02/an-open-letter-to-apple/
And those are just the tip of iceberg. Is killing the dreams of small businesses built on months of blood and sweat and money for no good reason an acceptable practice?
At what point do the people at iflowreader and readability put on their big boy pants and take some responsibility for lack of their dreams coming true?
In terms of iflow their level of innovation was minimal and they started their business on a platform that took a cut of music sales and a cut of app sales and were then surprised that Apple wanted a cut of other sales.
Readability I'm very slightly more sad about because their model was slightly more interesting but fundamentally it's business and if you put yourself in a position where you're beholden to someone who has shown themselves to be ruthless then I can't get too worked up about it.