Comments on: Hey Apple, You Don’t Own My Contacts

By: beachgal

beachgal — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:32:00 +0000

wow. i'm a novice computer user and came here looking to see what the ramifications will be if I cancel Mobileme. It's screwing up my outlook for mac and Iphone mail.

glad I did! i too believe that mobile me is a storage facility but that as long as you still have your address book on your computer all your contacts would be safe. I would never have thought to back up my contacts. I would have just discontinued my mobile me program and assumed everything else would stay as is.

For normal everyday people like me, this technology is very confusing and when we reach out to the tech community for help, they use tech words when defining the problem/solution which is greek to me. I'm with ED. It's an assumption that we made.

By: Dear Technologizer: Apple Doesn’t Own Your Contacts

Dear Technologizer: Apple Doesn’t Own Your Contacts — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:49:58 +0000

[...] past weekend, Ed Oswald of Technologizer published a piece about how Apple seems to have stolen his contacts as if they owned them. The gist of the article [...]

By: Lisak

Lisak — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:37:09 +0000

Well they are our contacts, how ever how often do you have a software in which you use for email and then because you do not have the phone that is now associated with it; you lose the email account which you paid $99.00 for. That does not seem right. I did not cancel Mobile me. I did get rid of my I Phone. How does that work. Should I not get money back for my 1 year subscription, since I did pay for a year? I had no Idea that Apple owned Mobile me, thus can cancel my account with out any notice.

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 14:33:31 +0000

I sympathize and understand everyones comments here. I, too, had this issue regarding the deletion of my data from the calendar. I did not expect this to happen as I am not tech/IT savvy. I am just a consumer with little knowledge (I would assume I fall into the majority). Luckily, I have my previous iPhone and will need to manually input important information back into my iPhone 4. I am glad that I was able to learn from all the posts. So, thank you all for this knowledge.

By: The Luminary

The Luminary — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 07:05:14 +0000

There are some problems with MobileMe. I agree that everyone is responsible for their own data, but Apple has no right to delete data off of MY cell phone because I chose to discontinue the use of their MobileMe service. All of my contact/calendar data was generated completely independent of Apple. Canceling MobileMe does not give Apple the right to conduct Thermo Nuclear Warfare on the contact data on my phone or PC. If they delete the data from their own servers, that's fine…..but leave my devices alone! The Apple Bastards!!!

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By: Cameron

Cameron — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:46:46 +0000

Apple Coolaid drinkers… Guys… you are missing the point… i just found this thread by experiencing the same principle issue with my iPhone. I just removed MobileMe from my iPhone and inadvertently wiped my contacts as well… Ok, well no big right? Just restore from backup! So I did, but now MobileMe is back on my phone and I CANNOT REMOVE MOBILEME without wiping my contacts again! This is idiotic! Why the (dis)service (oxymoron?)? They are essentially acting as the master of our data and not allowing us to decide what we should do with our data once we no longer desire their "service". This is a boneheaded way to provide service… it just happens to put Apple in a HUGE advantage of hooking you back in for more money! MobileME sucks and needs to get a clue on how to treat customers! Ugh! K… got that off my chest!

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:35:21 +0000

Using you analogy, when my lease on my automobile is up, I DO give the car back, but everything I added to the trunk which I PUT THERE, is still mine. It should not go to the dealer with the car.

By: SkateNY

SkateNY — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 02:25:36 +0000

So much pissing and whining about Apple here.

One would think that they’re among the top three corporations in market capitalization.

You people need to get over your anger issues…and fast.

Nobody cares why you don’t like what Apple does, especially the millions of people worldwide who endorse their products by purchasing them at what you describe as a “rip-off” price.

Stop wasting your time posting what amounts to personal garbage on this and other Web sites.

Get a fish tank.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:41:26 +0000

MobileMe couldn’t suck more if it tried. Ridiculous problem. Delete a sync program and you lose the data? wtf? Somebody here tried to blame the OP. They made an analogy to the New York Times. Well guess what? You’re right. If you cancel the paper, you don’t keep getting the paper. BUT, the delivery boy doesn’t come into your house and take the newspapers you already have. Here’s another analogy. When you close your bank account, they don’t get to keep your friggin money. I have no problem with MobileMe deleting the info online. But deleting them off the phone is straight up ridiculous.

This is an absurd problem with MobileMe and Apple should be ashamed of themselves.