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I understand that powers have shifted, and the majority of the people prefer "free" email/chat/spreadsheets/storage, when "free" means "welcome to our own speci
by tpaschalis 9y ago
I understand that powers have shifted, and the majority of the people prefer "free" email/chat/spreadsheets/storage, when "free" means "welcome to our own special walled corner of the internet, give us your personal data and watch these ads".
But why should in 2018 be so hard for one to be able to simply pay once for hardware or software, that puts the user first? Is it impossible for such a company to succeed at scale?
- suprfnk 9y ago> But why should in 2018 be so hard for one to be able to simply pay once for hardware or software, that puts the user first? Is it impossible for such a company to succeed at scale? Apple seems to follow that plan. For your "email/chat/spreadsheets/storage", they have iCloud mail, iMessage, Numbers and iCloud Drive. You pay once, and get software support quite a lot of years later. They don't seem to be selling or gathering much data. They won't show you ads. Now, it won't be RMS approved, but that's another debate.
- musage 9y agoThat's not another debate, that's the debate, and putting users first isn't something I'd associate Apple with. Did people beg apple to remove the headphone jack, for example? I'd say Apple puts Apple first, consumers second, users somewhere.
- zeveb 9y agoWith Google you trade your freedom for utility; with Apple you trade your money and your freedom for utility. I'd like to be able to trade only my money for utility, and keep my freedom.
- CaptSpify 9y agoHow is a company that gives you a locked-down device that they drastically control, and refuse to provide source for "putting the user first" ?