14 DAY TRIAL // Gawker Media exchanged some heated emails with Apple’s CEO on Friday night, reports reveal, with the former ultimately publishing the conversation for the entire world to see. Gawker owns Gizmodo, the tech-site having made headlines this past month for publishing photos, videos and technical details about a fourth-generation iPhone prototype unit.
Gawker Media visibly pokes at Steve Jobs for answers on Apple’s policies, and begins by saying, “If Dylan was 20 today, how would he feel about your company? Would he think the iPad had the faintest thing to do with revolution? Revolutions are about freedom.”
During pretty much the entire debate, Jobs keeps a cool temper and tries to justify why Apple makes some radical decisions sometimes, why the company has a closed ecosystem, and so on.
“Yep, freedom from programs that steal your private data,” Jobs replies, according to the email thread published by Gawker’s Valleywag. “Freedom from programs that trash your battery. Freedom from porn. Yep, freedom. The times they are a changing, and some traditional PC folks feel like their world is slipping away. It is.”
When pressed to answer why Apple pushes Cocoa onto everyone looking to develop for its products, Jobs has reportedly said, “Gosh, why are you so bitter over a technical issue such as this? It’s not about freedom, it’s about Apple trying to do the right thing for its users. Users, developers and publishers can do whatever they like - they don't have to buy or develop or publish on iPads if they don't want to. This seems like its your issue, not theirs.” The Apple CEO ends with, “By the way, what have you done that's so great? Do you create anything, or just criticize others work and belittle their motivations?”
The full conversation reveals more, including the Gawker Media blogger’s frustration on many things Apple does in a seemingly ignorant manner. Both him and Steve Jobs have used their most powerful arguments to express their thoughts on the respective matters.