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If you ask me this new model of computing is mainly interesting for Apple because they like their 30% earning. In fact there is nothing preventing you from doin
by antirez 17y ago
If you ask me this new model of computing is mainly interesting for Apple because they like their 30% earning. In fact there is nothing preventing you from doing simple to use smart computer than when you press Ctrl+L+A+M+E open an terminal where it's also possible to do more interesting stuff.
Or a smart computer where I can save an image from a web page and later email it. Or a smart enjoyable computer that allows me to change ebook reader and still open /My/Ebooks to read all my old stuff with it.
The iPad has usability limits that are a direct consequence of the fact that Apple want to control what you can do whit it, because more control, more $$$.
I don't want a world where most of the computers can't be used to write code. My dad taught me BASIC when I was 7 because we had computer at home, and this computers where build to write programs, attach it to the power line and what you see is a BASIC prompt.
Don't have to be so exasperated today of course, but the iPad has all the potential to make computer users more stupid.
What we really need is a decent competitor, able to do cool computers without the aim to control the world.
- cpr 17y agoSorry, Apple's not making much money off the App Store nor the iTunes music/video store. They're a hardware company--that's where they make their money.
- legooolas 17y agoHow many songs have they sold at a 30% cut from the music store again? I can't find anything right now to back this up, but my gut feeling is that they make a _lot_ of money from the software side, and they're going to keep pushing that because there's a lot more profit and (again, I suspect) lower costs. If I find some numbers to back this up then I'll post them... Edit: http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/Apple-Q3-2009-by-the-numbers/1248218543 http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/Apple-Q3-2009-by-t... (Q3 2009) shows $958m from Music and $528m from software, services. This isn't as much as from hardware totalled, but those numbers and the iPhone numbers are the only ones with growth. They're going to keep growing as they put more hardware out which can buy music, videos, apps etc from their stores.