Dear websites that I otherwise willingly sign up for email updates: I do not have an iPad or an iPhone. I do not, therefore, need an email a week advertising that you now have an app for them. Please cease and desist. And even if I did, I don't necessarily see why you need to advertise that you have one. Either, a) you are somewhere to par with Twitter and would be remiss for not having an app, or b) have an app that seems to do nothing but repackage the website information that I already otherwise enjoy in a more convenient manor.
Your efforts are noted, please move on.
As for why I do not have an iPhone or iPad? Well, I just can't justify the out of pocket expense. I much prefer getting a laptop for about half the price with the same shelf life as a Macbook. I've heard many a friend lament at the two-year lifespan of their laptops, and with one exception of a faulty motherboard, my PC's have lasted me just as well. I have one faithful little Dell that is seven years old this year, and still works as good as it did then. The same can be said, therefore, for iPhones. I don't have $500+ to drop on a new phone every time it comes out. My phones typically cost me $100 with contract renewal, and that's about the best I can do. I personally don't feel the phones' superiority to my Android phones. And I do not have a tablet whatsoever, as I still can't justify shelling out all those clams one my tight budget. But if I did, I would spend the money on one that supported flash...as in NOT the iPad. Perhaps that's why everyone has an iPad app--because their websites which are 70% reliant on flash do not work on iPads. And Apple has managed to convince us that their product is superior, and it is simply our fault that we cannot adapt.
All of this is not to say that Steve Jobs/Apple-fiends/hipsters/artists out there are bad/evil/unlikable. You're just wired different than me, and if Apple is what you value, that's great for you. It's just not what I value.
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