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So they like to claim that they are pretty green, and it’s true that they’ve done some good stuff with reducing the size of their packaging and the materials they use in their computers.  I like that you can buy stuff at the store and just have the receipt emailed to you.  And they are certainly much better than those jackasses in Redmond with their packaging (PLASTIC, and a puzzle just to open, they totally played into their stereotype with that one… unbelievable).  But anyway, back to Apple, something irked me not too long ago.

I wanted to upgrade my iLife to the new version. I was ready to buy it and download it, you know, like as if I lived in the 21st century. Guess what, you can’t. You have to either order it online, or go to the store and pick it up. Now, don’t give me any file size bullshit. If I can buy and download the entire 9GB Adobe CS, then Apple, the much richer company, can handle offering an iLife download.

I had called them to verify that I can’t buy/download it online, and the lady on the phone indeed said that this was not an option. I asked her why not, because then lots of people will have to waste gas going to the store to get it and it’s a waste of packaging. Her response was that I can order it online and have it shipped to me. To which I did a “arrgghhh, but that’s even more of a waste because there’s gonna be an extra box around it, plus shipping it all over the country.” To which she giggled(!), agreed, and said that hopefully they’ll have a download option in the future. WTF Apple!?

This all came rushing back to me after I read about this ridiculousness.

/me does his best sarcastic sorry-sounding Apple voice:

<Apple> oh… but… what about this…?

<Joz> Not bad, but COME ON!!