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		mikeash on July 3, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple ignores bug report Entirely correct. But what are we supposed to do about it? Switch platforms? As you point out, 50 developers will replace me if I do that.

CodeMage on July 3, 2012 [–]

I can't say anything about arguments other people have offered, but yours is the textbook example of the prisoner's dilemma: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma

You're stuck in a Nash equilibrium and something tells me that it'll last until some new factor disrupts it.

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