![]() Because of that I avoid to being to dependent on their services (maybe I will move my email from gmail to icloud). But this is a strong realization most never make. ![]() ![]() I don't want to sound polemic, I have tons of respect for Google. The scarce thing is really your favorite band making a kickass song, investigative journalism instead of astroturfing and GRRM writing the next ASOIAF novel in less than five years.Ībout Googles "superior business model": Ultimately it is just advertising. And if books/gamecartridges/printed newspaper are replaced by digital stuff we shouldn't deride payment for that. The App Store has an unbelievable positive impact on the developer ecosystem. I also find "artificially scarce" a very biased description. Digital content is relatively a small amount. No, look at the quarter results of Apple. It is, however, still a business so for me, it seems they are playing it smart and do "open" where it also benefits them and their customers and do "closed/locked down" where it is critical for their own success or in accordance with their product philosophy or the reality distortion field. And the music you buy online on iTunes now comes pretty much without any DRM in high quality AAC.īut they are not ONLY "evil" because at the same time, Apple did contribute to open standards and there is a lot of Open Source available. I will only say that from the perspective of a regular customer, the quality control done on apps is probably not such a bad thing but yes, for app developers it probably just sucks. Yes, they have certain core products which are their own and they don't open them up and the locking down of their iPhones, well, it could be a blessing and a curse. I don't know why Apple has gotten THAT much flak for allegedly being totally closed and locking you down worse than Microsoft did back in the dark ages etc.
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