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I don't follow your logic. The iPhone would receive audio from the station over "a radio signal from space" either way. TCP/IP is just a protocol. What is the "
by abalone 10y ago
I don't follow your logic. The iPhone would receive audio from the station over "a radio signal from space" either way. TCP/IP is just a protocol. What is the "massive profit factor" Apple enjoys from using that protocol?
- lostlogin 10y agoApple make money from me using the internet apparently. /s
- fit2rule 10y agoIn fact, they do.
- spacehome 10y agoA citation needed would be appropriate here.
- fit2rule 10y agoConsider this: Apple have been selling Internet access for decades now. They're leaders in the "hey, use this device for TCP/IP" pack.
- abalone 10y agoYou haven't explained how this makes them more profit than selling direct FM radio access.
- fit2rule 10y agoThey have marketing deals with vendors of TCP/IP services to provide handsets which promote broader use of TCP/IP over provider networks. Does nobody remember that Apple have had deals with ISP's since the very early days, and continue those deals as part of their overall strategy?
- fit2rule 10y agoAll the deals Apple made with the cell co's to get their users to suck up the bandwidth, duh. Cellular Data rates being what they are, I fail to see how anyone cannot see the profit motive. If you're listening to Spotify instead of FM radio, you're fulfilling one of the promises Apple made to the cell co's: we will give you users who will use our phones to suck up Cellular Data ..
- scholia 10y agoCan you ELI5 why this is a benefit, please? Cellular bandwidth is expensive and supplies are finite. You can add more bandwidth, but that generally means building more cell towers etc. By contrast, a single FM broadcast can support millions of users (within the transmitter's footprint), and you can add millions more listeners for no extra cost. The mobile phone companies are using Wi-Fi and other means to save cellular bandwidth. Wouldn't it make sense for them to encourage the use of FM to save cellular bandwidth?
- fit2rule 10y agoYes, actually, FM is very much the opposite of the Internet, in that you can broadcast as hard as you want, and its up to the recipient to tune in and get the signal. At a mass scale, FM is pretty efficient if you need to get an emergency message out. TCP/IP, however, requires the active cooperation and participation (and ultimately: control) of each node in between you and the site of interest. It takes mass team-work to make TCP/IP happen; it is automated cooperation at a bit level. Bits travel well, when its all plugged in. When things are not plugged in, we could still be using FM to receive information/music/entertainment, etc. FM is more resilient to the fragilities of the Internet. The problem is, some of the Bits are owned by Operators. The owning and moderation of some of those Bits, in fact, involves a lot of Operators. Apple cater to them, the Operators. Not the owners of FM Broadcast equipment...