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It’s amazing that a decade and a half later Apple still hasn’t fulfilled Steve Jobs’ original dream of merging the web and apps. He wasn’t saying third party a

It’s amazing that a decade and a half later Apple still hasn’t fulfilled Steve Jobs’ original dream of merging the web and apps. He wasn’t saying third party apps should be HTML5 just to stall for time. He really believed it. And it was a good idea and still is. Processors, memory, bandwidth, and browsers have all advanced by leaps and bounds and yet the dream remains unrealized and Apple is the most to blame. They got addicted to the ill gotten gains of their walled garden and can’t bring themselves to kick the addiction. Rent seeking is a powerful force. It’s pathetic for a company so good at being honest with themselves and moving forward when they know what the best future is. The App Store shouldn’t exist at this point. It has outlived its usefulness. It’s in their users’ best interests to move beyond it. And yet maybe it’s too traumatic and daring a move for anyone other than Steve Jobs to attempt. Tim Cook could drop the headphone jack because it didn’t damage the bottom line but dropping the App Store would actually cost something in the short term even if it is the right thing to do for everyone in the long term.

dimitrios1 6y ago
> It’s amazing that a decade and a half later Apple still hasn’t fulfilled Steve Jobs’ original dream of merging the web and apps. Because Google exists, and is diametrically opposed to this vision. The past decade have shown constant examples of these two visions of the future clashing. Google wants more people on the internet. Apple wants more people on their devices.
wolco 6y ago
Apple has a history of pushing along after Steve left without any true vision until he returns. If anyone will return from the grave it's probably Steve. When he does he will probably VR Apple phones and we'll be in a new era.
conductr 6y ago
I think they were creating a walled garden and this was just lip service. Blaming it on state of tech/HTML5/etc was easy. The app store could be open from administration/censors and thus would function exactly like the web even if native code was required. The frustrating part of current state is they censor who, what, and how can be brought to market and the 30% cut is just egregious.

dimitrios1 6y ago

> It’s amazing that a decade and a half later Apple still hasn’t fulfilled Steve Jobs’ original dream of merging the web and apps. Because Google exists, and is diametrically opposed to this vision. The past decade have shown constant examples of these two visions of the future clashing. Google wants more people on the internet. Apple wants more people on their devices.

wolco 6y ago

Apple has a history of pushing along after Steve left without any true vision until he returns. If anyone will return from the grave it's probably Steve. When he does he will probably VR Apple phones and we'll be in a new era.

conductr 6y ago

I think they were creating a walled garden and this was just lip service. Blaming it on state of tech/HTML5/etc was easy. The app store could be open from administration/censors and thus would function exactly like the web even if native code was required. The frustrating part of current state is they censor who, what, and how can be brought to market and the 30% cut is just egregious.