Well said Steve, all of it.
As it happens the only iTools thing I ever used was the free email address.
I'm pissed off that it's gone but if I cast my mind back...... I switched
the the .mac address because my previous email provider hiked the prices.
The solution is simple; we've all got at least 2 months to either pay up or
find something else. I've decided to go elsewhere because I'm not going to
pay $100 a year for email. I'll set my .mac address to auto-reply telling
people of my new address and in 2 months I'll wonder what all the fuss was
about.
I'll never use the other .mac stuff. No really! I never will. I never used
it when it was free. So, in conclusion, it would be nice if Apple provided a
cheap (not free) email solution. Bet they don't though.
Brad
mailto:bradley.smith_at_blueyonder.co.uk
> From: Steve Dockery [mailto:sdockery_at_mac.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 07:06
> If you see no value in the added services Apple is offering,
> you don't
> have to buy a .Mac account. If you just want a mac.com email
> address to
> proclaim your alliance with others of a Macintosh bent, I understand
> that completely. I agree that it would be nice if Apple would
> offer an
> email-only account for free or dead cheap. However, all these
> cries of
> "bait and switch!" are completely unwarranted. Read your
> iTools EULA. It
> says clearly they don't have to give it to you for free in perpetuity.
>
> Ok, back to our beloved green machine...
>
> -Steve
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