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"Apple wants to relegate websites to second-class status on their popular computers," Does he realize that Apple computer has been around a lot longer than the

"Apple wants to relegate websites to second-class status on their popular computers," Does he realize that Apple computer has been around a lot longer than the internet? And that they've been making an OS with applications on it a lot longer than there was a web browser? So maybe that's actually what Apple DOES and does well?

glassx 15y ago
I think it was just an example of companies changing the web for the worse little by little, that was the point of the article. And to be honest, I share his feelings. The web is getting more and more closed with "The Big Four" reigning. But it is ironic that there was a lot of backlash when Apple announced there were going to be only Web apps back then that caused them to release the SDK and App Store: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/06/11iPhone-to-Support-Third-Party-Web-2-0-Applications.html http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/06/11iPhone-to-Support-... However, at the same time I like the whole "Apps" (AppStore, Steam, Market) concept because it helped create whole businesses. Lots of small people making real money in the age of piracy... But I digress, this is completely off topic.
kragen 15y ago
The internet dates from, depending on how you date it, 1969, sometime in the mid-1970s, or January 1, 1983. Apple dates from April 1, 1976. Maybe 34 (edit: 35) years is "a lot longer" than 28 years to you? Anyway, Apple doesn't do that on their less popular computers — Macintoshes.