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Apple: Short Term Winner, Long Term Loser

4 points by icey 16y ago

sandipagr 16y ago
while I agree to most part of the article, I'd like to see however what are the ratio's of android to iphone sales for AT&T. If iphone is a clear winner there, only thing Apple has to do is make it available for other carriers and they will own the market again. I think lot of android users in other categories don't have the option to get iPhone and so get Android (the best alternative).
pedalpete 16y ago
Why the author seems to think that apps in the iTunes store are better than apps in other app stores is beyond me. There may be more apps in the iTunes store, but I doubt they have higher quality. On the other side, though I agree that Jobs is making some huge errors, he's also not so dumb (or surrounded by dumb people) to realize the mistakes which were made earlier in the history of Apple. The authors arguments only matter if you think that platforms will remain fragmented. I think we have different app stores currently because of the tight integration from hardware to software, but much of these features will move to the browser (like location), and I suspect/hope the pendulum will swing back to web-apps, possibly with the exception of a huge high-end games market. Apple has large profit margins from its hardware, and now is in Apple's business with Siri and ad networks. Those businesses may be better when tied to the apple platform, but that doesn't mean that will be the only way to access them. At the same time, Apple doesn't have a great history of building solid web based products (excluding browser based stuff like web-kit), so we'll have to see.
- YooLi 16y ago
  "Why the author seems to think that apps in the iTunes store are better than apps in other app stores is beyond me. There may be more apps in the iTunes store, but I doubt they have higher quality." Your language makes it sound like you don't have first hand experience with the App Store apps. As the owner of an EVO and an iPod Touch, there are much better (quality) apps in the App Store. That said, these devices are not just for running apps.

4 points by icey 16y ago

while I agree to most part of the article, I'd like to see however what are the ratio's of android to iphone sales for AT&T. If iphone is a clear winner there, only thing Apple has to do is make it available for other carriers and they will own the market again. I think lot of android users in other categories don't have the option to get iPhone and so get Android (the best alternative).

pedalpete 16y ago

Why the author seems to think that apps in the iTunes store are better than apps in other app stores is beyond me. There may be more apps in the iTunes store, but I doubt they have higher quality. On the other side, though I agree that Jobs is making some huge errors, he's also not so dumb (or surrounded by dumb people) to realize the mistakes which were made earlier in the history of Apple. The authors arguments only matter if you think that platforms will remain fragmented. I think we have different app stores currently because of the tight integration from hardware to software, but much of these features will move to the browser (like location), and I suspect/hope the pendulum will swing back to web-apps, possibly with the exception of a huge high-end games market. Apple has large profit margins from its hardware, and now is in Apple's business with Siri and ad networks. Those businesses may be better when tied to the apple platform, but that doesn't mean that will be the only way to access them. At the same time, Apple doesn't have a great history of building solid web based products (excluding browser based stuff like web-kit), so we'll have to see.

YooLi 16y ago
"Why the author seems to think that apps in the iTunes store are better than apps in other app stores is beyond me. There may be more apps in the iTunes store, but I doubt they have higher quality." Your language makes it sound like you don't have first hand experience with the App Store apps. As the owner of an EVO and an iPod Touch, there are much better (quality) apps in the App Store. That said, these devices are not just for running apps.