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The very same author in her original review for the iPad gave it a perfect 10 for "ecosystem".

• venomsnake 11y ago
  It is no different in theory when the iPad was first introduced compared to the iPhone. But I think it is something else - the whole mobile market is stagnating. The beast is already too big for a company to manage it, there are little to no money and with walled gardens innovation is hard. The only breakout apps in the recent years have been various kinds of messengers or cloud services. For whatever reason nobody wants to write code that does stuff on the devices.
  • walterbell 11y ago
    > For whatever reason nobody wants to write code that does stuff on the devices. Few business models can afford a 30% tax. If you monetize externally to the device, this tax can be avoided. In addition, on-device computation generates less data for tracking, surveillance analytics and "machine learning". If Apple cared about privacy and app innovation, they would unbundle the 30% app tax into optional developer services+fees that totaled 30%. This would support a wider range of business models.
    • scarface74 11y ago
      "Few business models can afford a 30% tax. If you monetize externally to the device, this tax can be avoided." What do you think the "tax" is when you sell something wholesale to a distributor that then sells it to a retailer?
      • walterbell 11y ago
        "a" distributor (optional 1 of N competitors on terms set by market) = markup "the" distributor (mandatory 1 of 1 set of terms) = tax