I have had two experiences with apple: first bought an iPod then bought an album off their music store. Then, I decided those were my last interactions with apple. That company truly wants you a slave to their products.
Apple has never given you any freedom to use whatever you buy your way; you had to use itunes for their ipod, you had to use the ipod for their mp3s. Quilandros is absolutely right, they just want control on what you do.
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March 17th, 2010 12:30 AM #11Bullfrog
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March 18th, 2010 09:05 AM #12Tree Frog
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That $500 device probably cost them $75 so replacing it doesn't seem so far fetched to me.
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March 18th, 2010 07:36 PM #13Tree Frog
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It does seem that Apple tries to "slave" you to them and them only. I once had a Shuffle and wasn't to impressed. I now have a Zune and I love it.
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Nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle.
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April 29th, 2010 08:38 PM #14Bullfrog
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I'm curious to know what the techies of the community think of the "letter" that Steve Jobs released this month, detailing his thoughts about Flash. Here's a link:
Jobs' Thoughts on Flash It's a long one.
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May 1st, 2010 03:14 AM #15Administrator
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I think this right here is the most honest reason Jobs actually gave:
That's sounds good and logical, right? But that is the exact same logic that played a huge role in damning the Mac to baby brother ~5% market share. Yes, there are downsides to making your platform support software that is cross platform. But the upsides are HUGE. Among other things, it means your customers actually get some CHOICE in how they want to use the device they bought from you.This becomes even worse if the third party is supplying a cross platform development tool. The third party may not adopt enhancements from one platform unless they are available on all of their supported platforms. Hence developers only have access to the lowest common denominator set of features. Again, we cannot accept an outcome where developers are blocked from using our innovations and enhancements because they are not available on our competitor’s platforms.
But Apple has NEVER liked for people to have choice. Whether its printers for their Macs or software for their iPhone.
There you go.Flash is a cross platform development tool. It is not Adobe’s goal to help developers write the best iPhone, iPod and iPad apps. It is their goal to help developers write cross platform apps. And Adobe has been painfully slow to adopt enhancements to Apple’s platforms.Capitalization is the difference between "I had to help my Uncle Jack off a horse." and "I had to help my uncle jack off a horse."
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May 18th, 2010 04:59 AM #16Administrator
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Adobe fires back:
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/20...pen-letter.arsCapitalization is the difference between "I had to help my Uncle Jack off a horse." and "I had to help my uncle jack off a horse."
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May 18th, 2010 07:04 AM #17Moderator
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QFT.... if Adobe is willing to drop big money on an ad campaign to defend itself, it's beginning to feel threatened.The man who gets angry at the right things and with the right people, and in the right way and at the right time and for the right length of time, is commended. - Aristotle (but not the Aristotle you're thinking of)
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