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"That’s not to say the iPad won’t sell, or that I don’t want one. The scariest thing is that I think it probably will. ... I love Apple products. I’m a huge App

by dannyr 17y ago

"That’s not to say the iPad won’t sell, or that I don’t want one. The scariest thing is that I think it probably will. ... I love Apple products. I’m a huge Apple fan. I’d buy an iPad right now if I could." This is why Apple will continue to do what it is doing right now. People complain about its controlling policies. People call them "evil". But these very same people will not back up their words with action and continue to buy products made by an "evil" company. As long as Apple continue to hit its peak in stock price, as long as it earns record-breaking profits, as long as it sells millions of products, it will not change its ways. To the author, you can blog all you want about Apple's policies. The only thing that matters is for you to turn that into action. If you think Apple is "evil", don't buy its product. Stop patronizing "evil".

wmf 17y ago
I am boycotting the iPhone/iPad (I have the open N900), but I don't have any illusions that it will change anything. In a world where 1% of the people create all the innovation, boycotts by innovators are pointless. For the past ~20 years the masses have been effectively subsidizing tinkerers/hackers/developers by buying open PCs even though they didn't really need them; now that has come to an end and it looks painful to those former beneficiaries.
- pyre 17y ago
  It's not 'coming to an end.' Business users will still use laptops. No one is going to be writing novels or creating complex spreadsheets on an iPad. 'The masses' will need a computer that can do those other things well (for school or such), and they don't have the budget to buy a general-purpose PC/Mac + an iPad + an iPhone.
  - DougBTX 17y ago
    That's not as clear as it sounds. Most people don't write novels or complex spreadsheets. For short stories and simple spreadsheets, the dock plus a wireless keyboard And iWork Touch might suffice. My hope that there will always be an open Mac is based on the thought that they need to sell something on which to write apps. Hopefully they keep one of these devices in laptop form factor.
    - pyre 17y ago
      What I think is funny, is that Apple has tried to encourage people to be their own content generators with things like iMovie, GarageBand, etc. People can't do those things with the iPad. The iPad (for the most part) relegates the user to just being a consumer. In general though there will need to be an 'open' Mac for a number of things: audio editing, video editing, photo/video storage (I have 40Gb+ of photos and I only have a little point-and-shoot), photo editing, 3D modeling (for movies/design/engineering, etc. This is not the death of the general purpose computer. Think of the number of amateur photographers out there, enabled by software like Photoshop/Aperture/LightRoom and the afford-ability/accessibility of DSLRs. Think of the number of people editing their own videos and/or music out there? They can't do this on an iPad. Granted, these people aren't a majority of the population, but there are a significant amount of younger people that are adopting these hobbies because they are so accessible now (thanks to the general purpose desktop computer).
stanleydrew 17y ago
A lot of people will buy one used, which doesn't add anything to Apple's bottom line. Although you could argue that Apple products' relatively high resale value drives some initial sales...

by dannyr 17y ago

wmf 17y ago

I am boycotting the iPhone/iPad (I have the open N900), but I don't have any illusions that it will change anything. In a world where 1% of the people create all the innovation, boycotts by innovators are pointless. For the past ~20 years the masses have been effectively subsidizing tinkerers/hackers/developers by buying open PCs even though they didn't really need them; now that has come to an end and it looks painful to those former beneficiaries.

pyre 17y ago
It's not 'coming to an end.' Business users will still use laptops. No one is going to be writing novels or creating complex spreadsheets on an iPad. 'The masses' will need a computer that can do those other things well (for school or such), and they don't have the budget to buy a general-purpose PC/Mac + an iPad + an iPhone.
- DougBTX 17y ago
  That's not as clear as it sounds. Most people don't write novels or complex spreadsheets. For short stories and simple spreadsheets, the dock plus a wireless keyboard And iWork Touch might suffice. My hope that there will always be an open Mac is based on the thought that they need to sell something on which to write apps. Hopefully they keep one of these devices in laptop form factor.
  - pyre 17y ago
    What I think is funny, is that Apple has tried to encourage people to be their own content generators with things like iMovie, GarageBand, etc. People can't do those things with the iPad. The iPad (for the most part) relegates the user to just being a consumer. In general though there will need to be an 'open' Mac for a number of things: audio editing, video editing, photo/video storage (I have 40Gb+ of photos and I only have a little point-and-shoot), photo editing, 3D modeling (for movies/design/engineering, etc. This is not the death of the general purpose computer. Think of the number of amateur photographers out there, enabled by software like Photoshop/Aperture/LightRoom and the afford-ability/accessibility of DSLRs. Think of the number of people editing their own videos and/or music out there? They can't do this on an iPad. Granted, these people aren't a majority of the population, but there are a significant amount of younger people that are adopting these hobbies because they are so accessible now (thanks to the general purpose desktop computer).

stanleydrew 17y ago

A lot of people will buy one used, which doesn't add anything to Apple's bottom line. Although you could argue that Apple products' relatively high resale value drives some initial sales...