2013-12-24, 00:05
Some like pi, some like ion, some like droid, some like ios. I have them all and they don't fight near as much as I see on the forums.
(2013-12-24, 00:13)Over-n-out Wrote: Ok,
So I'm PatricBateman and just got banned for supposedly name calling Martin?
I have only explained that he lied in his post, he then accused me, and I posted a factual xbmc.org quote as my defence, which does indeed prove he has lied to create a false defence for himself?
Now you ban me?
My only name call to Martin was stating that his post was a categorical lie and posted factual evidence as my defence, in the form of a factual unedited post on these forums.
To ban me seemed extreme, considering Martin lied, not me?
What's happening here?
That seems incredibly excessive and dramatic considering he lied not me..
Is this standard practice now?
(2013-12-23, 23:19)Martijn Wrote: also iOS is also one of the least used devices for xbmc
(2013-12-24, 02:03)T800 Wrote: How hard is jailbreaking nowadays? When I had some ApleTV2 I had to jailbreak them, it was worth it to get XBMC working.
Why isn't everyone just getting the jailbreak done and getting on with life?
(2013-12-24, 02:10)Ned Scott Wrote:(2013-12-24, 02:03)T800 Wrote: How hard is jailbreaking nowadays? When I had some ApleTV2 I had to jailbreak them, it was worth it to get XBMC working.
Why isn't everyone just getting the jailbreak done and getting on with life?
Painfully easy.
(2013-12-24, 03:46)davilla Wrote: fight that silly urge to update your firmware once you let go of that rat race then jailbreaks are quite easy.
(2013-12-23, 21:50)Martijn Wrote: ever thought about not buying some overpriced Apple stuff?
(2013-12-24, 03:46)davilla Wrote: fight that silly urge to update your firmware once you let go of that rat race then jailbreaks are quite easy.
(2013-12-24, 06:38)Ned Scott Wrote: Even for brand new users, at least once, if not twice a year, there's a significant window open (sometimes much longer and more often). Once you're in you have control, and a jailbreak hasn't been out of reach for so long that it realistically becomes and issue for apps.
(2013-12-24, 11:45)kreeturez Wrote:(2013-12-23, 21:50)Martijn Wrote: ever thought about not buying some overpriced Apple stuff?
Huh? Martijn, respectfully: I'm not convinced you should be on the general forums; you don't seem to have the patience. You're a fantastic dev (and personally, all your contributions to the codebase are much, much, much appreciated!), but if you can't accept the views of others here and find yourself just getting irritated with your users all the time, you should stick to the dev forums... as it stands, you're just coming off as kinda rude; which isn't constructive.
(2013-12-24, 11:56)Martijn Wrote: this was actually a genuine question and not to belittle Apple users.
if people want to use the devices purely for use of XBMC, Apple product are to expensive for the limited usage. There are far cheaper devices that deliver the same capabilities for pure XBMC use. Just look at the recent outburst of Raspberry Pi users. Small cheap device which is perfectly for HTPC use and open source.
When it comes to tablets you will need a far better more expensive device (looking at Android) to get a decent experience so there's only a small gap between Android and Apple.
So if it's also for other usage I can surely understand that you prefer these product.
Just as analogy:
People who buy a computer including windows purely for XBMC use haven't been paying attention as you can just as easily install a Linux distro (like OpenELEC) to get the same experience. Only reason to include Windows would be for playing Blu-ray with an external player which you also need to purchase.
(2013-12-23, 23:03)PatrickBateman Wrote: there is no doubt that their products are popular, easy to use, beautiful and (in my opinion as an IT guy) far better than any android device or windows tablet that I have encountered for what I use them for.
I work with complex IT systems all day, it's nice to kick back and use a device that just works, so simply, so effortlessly and so reliably. Ok, so we can't root the device and blah blah ... Who cares? A very small minority. I come home from work, tap flip book, watch tv catchup, surf the web, face time my family and monitor my home CCTV/door entry systems etc all in single click apps. So easy, so effortless and simply beautiful.
(2013-12-24, 14:40)wsnipex Wrote: You also get what your pay for with apple: a walled garden that doesn't let you use your device as you see fit.