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The cloud is supposed to offer us liberation from devices and certain operating systems, and access our data from ANY device and any type of machine that has th

The cloud is supposed to offer us liberation from devices and certain operating systems, and access our data from ANY device and any type of machine that has the Internet. In that regard, although iCloud has the cloud word in it, it's not a true cloud at all. Apple is turning the cloud idea on its head, and saying the cloud should only work with certain devices and operating systems, like theirs. All their "cloud" services are native applications and their cloud iTunes doesn't even stream the music. You're still supposed to download it on your Apple device. But wasn't the point of music streaming to save storage space, so you wouldn't have to keep your thousands of songs on the device? Are you going to download every song one by one to your device to listen to them when you move to another Apple device? All their cloud services seem to be made so they lock you in the Apple ecosystem even more.

stephenr 15y ago
That's your definition of "cloud". I'm not interested in a "cloud" solution that forces me to use a browser for everything.
lewispb 15y ago
The cloud is still a relatively new concept, loose at that, and certainly too early in it's conception for definitions such as this. Remember, Steve Jobs isn't selling the cloud, he's selling The Apple Cloud. And as regards music Jobs knows very well today's cellular networks are not capable of streaming music reliably (as Spotify is all too well aware with Offline Mode). "I’m grateful there are open platforms like Android out there that will compete with Apple. And I’m grateful there are developers who will make use of these platforms to give us extreme uses of tech that would never make it into Apple’s cozy padded-wall-land. But as a matter of policy, we’re all better off letting Apple behave like a perfectionist chef that doesn’t allow salt at his tables. You don’t have to eat at the restaurant–there are lots of others–but you’ll probably be glad if you do." - Jerry Brito
tobylane 15y ago
Locks you into the system owned by people who pay the copyright owners. It just so happens Apple has a big enough ecosystem that it's not too bad for it to be locked down (if it actually is, I doubt).

stephenr 15y ago

That's your definition of "cloud". I'm not interested in a "cloud" solution that forces me to use a browser for everything.

lewispb 15y ago

The cloud is still a relatively new concept, loose at that, and certainly too early in it's conception for definitions such as this. Remember, Steve Jobs isn't selling the cloud, he's selling The Apple Cloud. And as regards music Jobs knows very well today's cellular networks are not capable of streaming music reliably (as Spotify is all too well aware with Offline Mode). "I’m grateful there are open platforms like Android out there that will compete with Apple. And I’m grateful there are developers who will make use of these platforms to give us extreme uses of tech that would never make it into Apple’s cozy padded-wall-land. But as a matter of policy, we’re all better off letting Apple behave like a perfectionist chef that doesn’t allow salt at his tables. You don’t have to eat at the restaurant–there are lots of others–but you’ll probably be glad if you do." - Jerry Brito

tobylane 15y ago

Locks you into the system owned by people who pay the copyright owners. It just so happens Apple has a big enough ecosystem that it's not too bad for it to be locked down (if it actually is, I doubt).