Probably not. Apple is a corporation that acts like one. They are in it to make money. They are better than average in that they try and make quality products (unlike cough Microsoft), but they are still very much in it to extract as much money as possible. And Apple has Jobs, the day that they derive any useful help out of the likes of me is the day I retire a wealthy man.
Craiglist is different, much less corporate in the traditional sense. From the very beginning they were trying to provide a service that is largely free (and hugely useful, I've bought and sold stuff there and never paid a tax like Ebay extracts). It's a pretty sweet setup, end users get a valuable service for free, craigslist gets money from entities that can afford to pay, why screw it up?
I tend to agree with some of the people here who want to make it better but if you really want to do that then go talk to them about a joint project or go work there. Personally, I'd love a way to search all of the craigslist sites at once (I shopped for months to get a 2006 Sprinter, wanted the smaller motor that gets better mpg, finally found one in portland. It was painful doing all those searches). So I agree that there are things that could be made better for the users of the site. I think the way you get those things done is to work with them from the beginning.
Craiglist is different, much less corporate in the traditional sense. From the very beginning they were trying to provide a service that is largely free (and hugely useful, I've bought and sold stuff there and never paid a tax like Ebay extracts). It's a pretty sweet setup, end users get a valuable service for free, craigslist gets money from entities that can afford to pay, why screw it up?
I tend to agree with some of the people here who want to make it better but if you really want to do that then go talk to them about a joint project or go work there. Personally, I'd love a way to search all of the craigslist sites at once (I shopped for months to get a 2006 Sprinter, wanted the smaller motor that gets better mpg, finally found one in portland. It was painful doing all those searches). So I agree that there are things that could be made better for the users of the site. I think the way you get those things done is to work with them from the beginning.