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Stranger things have happened. Look at the games console wars. Sega? Atari? Once completely dominating, then in a very short space of time dead.

electromagnetic 15y ago
Sega and Atari disappeared because they were unwilling to deliver what people wanted. There was no market for Nintendo, Sega and Atari delivering family friendly games, especially when Sony came in and started delivering family and adult games. It became even harder when Microsoft came in and joined the domination of the market. This has little relevance to phones. It would have been relevant if Android had refused to include SMS in its phones, but essentially Microsoft/Apple/RIM/Android phones are all the same with a few shiny and rather useless differences. The key relevance in the smartphone market is if Apple is going to be able to sustain its phone and app store as phones and tablets become powerful enough to run flash natively. No ones going to pay for angry birds when it's free on New Grounds or Kongregate or any of the dozen massive Flash game sites that will jump all over a phone/tablet capable of running actual games. IMO the only relevance your analogy has is to apple, because they truly don't grasp what people want. People don't waste hours a day playing flash games on Kongregate or Facebook because they have to pay $1 or more for the privilege of downloading it. When I'm paying $30 for a data plan, I don't plan on paying more for a game, just as when I'm paying $80 for my cable connection, I don't expect to pay more for the privilege of actually watching a TV show. Our world runs on advertising, there's advertising on everything, everywhere. I can't walk out my door, turn on the TV or go on the computer without seeing a dozen adverts inside 5 minutes. I mean a billion people have watched Lady Gaga through Youtube and have seen an advert before and a popup advert during the video. Sorry, but Apple needs to get to the reality that people expect things to be advertising supported.

electromagnetic 15y ago

Sega and Atari disappeared because they were unwilling to deliver what people wanted. There was no market for Nintendo, Sega and Atari delivering family friendly games, especially when Sony came in and started delivering family and adult games. It became even harder when Microsoft came in and joined the domination of the market. This has little relevance to phones. It would have been relevant if Android had refused to include SMS in its phones, but essentially Microsoft/Apple/RIM/Android phones are all the same with a few shiny and rather useless differences. The key relevance in the smartphone market is if Apple is going to be able to sustain its phone and app store as phones and tablets become powerful enough to run flash natively. No ones going to pay for angry birds when it's free on New Grounds or Kongregate or any of the dozen massive Flash game sites that will jump all over a phone/tablet capable of running actual games. IMO the only relevance your analogy has is to apple, because they truly don't grasp what people want. People don't waste hours a day playing flash games on Kongregate or Facebook because they have to pay $1 or more for the privilege of downloading it. When I'm paying $30 for a data plan, I don't plan on paying more for a game, just as when I'm paying $80 for my cable connection, I don't expect to pay more for the privilege of actually watching a TV show. Our world runs on advertising, there's advertising on everything, everywhere. I can't walk out my door, turn on the TV or go on the computer without seeing a dozen adverts inside 5 minutes. I mean a billion people have watched Lady Gaga through Youtube and have seen an advert before and a popup advert during the video. Sorry, but Apple needs to get to the reality that people expect things to be advertising supported.