Stupidity on teh intrawebs

You know what really grinds my gears?

Lately, there's been a lot of fallout surrounding Apple and AT&T regarding some of the features (included and lacking) in the iPhone. That's fine, consumers have a right to complain about the mistakes they made due to lack of research, or whatever. But here's the thing people. Apple is the device maker. AT&T is the service provider. I don't know how many blog posts or comments I've read that is blaming Apple for outrageous roaming charges; or AT&T for a firmware update that bricks their phones.

What sparked this is a recent post on TUAW, where the poster wrote about her experience trying to have her phone legally unlocked by her service provider. Sure enough, someone in the comments section makes reference to "something that an Apple employee told him [sic]."

I don't know if it's because people don't know the difference between a hardware manufacturer and a service provider, or they don't bother to read before they react. 90% of the time, I would have to assume the latter.