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Is that hard? I mean, yes, it took tons of manhours and billions of dollars, but the "fucking science fiction" they made is pretty much par for the course these

Is that hard? I mean, yes, it took tons of manhours and billions of dollars, but the "fucking science fiction" they made is pretty much par for the course these days. You can say it is a "superior user experience" and stuff like that, but c'mon. That is how tech advances. If I wanted, it would be quite trivial to get something delivered to someone anywhere without anything made by Apple. I'd amazed by how much people support one of the richest companies in the world get richer off the backs of others. After all, it isn't like they are hurting for money.

danilocampos 16y ago
> I'd amazed by how much people support one of the richest companies in the world get richer off the backs of others. Apple is getting rich by making extremely good stuff. I support them getting richer because I want them to continue making really good stuff I enjoy using. Because I can't trust any other company in the world to do that hard work. Let me show you something: 2001: http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/news/2001/10/47541 http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/news/2001/10/4754... 2007: http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/9414/palm-treo-755p-review/ http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/9414/palm-treo-755p-revie... One month later: http://ipod.about.com/od/iphoneproductreviews/fr/iphone_review.htm http://ipod.about.com/od/iphoneproductreviews/fr/iphone_revi... Fucking science fiction. Consumer wireless devices were dull, stodgy things until Apple came in and said "fuck you, this sucks" and did it better. Innovation was putting an ugly resistive color screen into the clunky enclosures from six years earlier. Spicy. 2003: http://www.tabletpc2.com/Acer.htm http://www.tabletpc2.com/Acer.htm (Owned one of these) 2010: http://www.anandtech.com/show/2904 http://www.anandtech.com/show/2904 Three months later: http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/ http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/ Hey, that looks familiar, where have I seen that before? Oh, right, in science fiction. http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/PADD http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/PADD
- invertd 16y ago
  My question to you; is consuming content in a device that is not "dull, stodgy" worth 30% overcharge for life?
  - danilocampos 16y ago
    It is to me. But then again, I buy a MacBook Pro instead of a junky plastic laptop. I'll pay a premium for quality, so will another chunk of the market and everyone else can fight over the Wal-Mart segment.
- Kylekramer 16y ago
  I am just missing the connection between "making good products you like" to "making it cool to have all the money in the world". You paid for the device. Apple was (more than) suitably compensated. It should end there. I personally think Netflix/Amazon/Spotify are doing science fiction too (every movie and song ever made, at your fingertips in a second!) and I would like them to survive too.

danilocampos 16y ago

> I'd amazed by how much people support one of the richest companies in the world get richer off the backs of others. Apple is getting rich by making extremely good stuff. I support them getting richer because I want them to continue making really good stuff I enjoy using. Because I can't trust any other company in the world to do that hard work. Let me show you something: 2001: http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/news/2001/10/47541 http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/news/2001/10/4754... 2007: http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/9414/palm-treo-755p-review/ http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/9414/palm-treo-755p-revie... One month later: http://ipod.about.com/od/iphoneproductreviews/fr/iphone_review.htm http://ipod.about.com/od/iphoneproductreviews/fr/iphone_revi... Fucking science fiction. Consumer wireless devices were dull, stodgy things until Apple came in and said "fuck you, this sucks" and did it better. Innovation was putting an ugly resistive color screen into the clunky enclosures from six years earlier. Spicy. 2003: http://www.tabletpc2.com/Acer.htm http://www.tabletpc2.com/Acer.htm (Owned one of these) 2010: http://www.anandtech.com/show/2904 http://www.anandtech.com/show/2904 Three months later: http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/ http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/ Hey, that looks familiar, where have I seen that before? Oh, right, in science fiction. http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/PADD http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/PADD

invertd 16y ago
My question to you; is consuming content in a device that is not "dull, stodgy" worth 30% overcharge for life?
- danilocampos 16y ago
  It is to me. But then again, I buy a MacBook Pro instead of a junky plastic laptop. I'll pay a premium for quality, so will another chunk of the market and everyone else can fight over the Wal-Mart segment.
Kylekramer 16y ago
I am just missing the connection between "making good products you like" to "making it cool to have all the money in the world". You paid for the device. Apple was (more than) suitably compensated. It should end there. I personally think Netflix/Amazon/Spotify are doing science fiction too (every movie and song ever made, at your fingertips in a second!) and I would like them to survive too.