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This could be a 1980's Mac vs PC redux. Closed vs open platform. We know how that turned out. Android software/hardware is closing in fast. Who cares if Apple h
by oldgregg 17y ago
This could be a 1980's Mac vs PC redux. Closed vs open platform. We know how that turned out. Android software/hardware is closing in fast. Who cares if Apple has 1000x more apps if the ones you actually spend 99% of the time using are on both platforms. At the moment background processes on the Android are really advantageous, although I imagine that will change before long. A locked down operating system is fighting against history. People will put up with that shit on their music player but not on a mobile os. Apple is either going to have to open up or they will be in for a slow burn.
- josefresco 17y agoNot opening up has served Apple pretty well in the desktop world. They lost the market share war clearly but won the profitability war. Which would you rather be right now, Dell selling at razor thin margins or Apple who sells a lot less but makes much more per sale.