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I wonder if rejecting flash is Apple's 21st century version of not licensing their operating system. In the 80's, nobody knew such a move was a death magnet.
by johnrob 16y ago
I wonder if rejecting flash is Apple's 21st century version of not licensing their operating system. In the 80's, nobody knew such a move was a death magnet. Perhaps missing the mobile flash train could be something similar today.
Interestingly, running flash on phones could pose a threat to Apple's current business model. On the iPhone, music/movies/games all come via the app store. However, flash can deliver all of those directly to the browser - whether for free (youtube), or for a fee (netflicks).
- rryyan 16y agoI don't think protecting the app store is a reason why Apple is disallowing Flash on the iPhone/iPad. Apple has indicated that it runs the app store near break-even, and doesn't view it as a profit generator: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/01/26/app_store_wildly_successful_but_not_hugely_profitable_for_apple.html http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/01/26/app_store_wild.... The app store is there to sell devices -- like the iTunes store for the iPod.
- glhaynes 16y agoIt's not App Store revenue that Apple's concerned about, it's app exclusivity and platform control, both of which they expect to lead to device sales.
- buster 16y agoSo an Apple site repeats something that Apples wants us to believe... uhmm, no, i won't believe that just because they said so. Apples takes 30% of an apps price? Charges for SDK/license (whatever you call it) per year? Has Billions of downloads? And they doon't make much money? Never ever will i believe that. An interesting read on that, by the way: http://techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/about-those-iphone-app-store-numbers/ http://techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/about-those-iphone-app-stor...