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The app is so bad it sounds like they're saying: "If you really want a great native Gmail experience, switch to Android." Like Gruber said on The Talk Show rec
by martingordon 15y ago
The app is so bad it sounds like they're saying: "If you really want a great native Gmail experience, switch to Android."
Like Gruber said on The Talk Show recently (and I'll probably be downvoted given how unpopular he is here): Apple gets people to upgrade their phones by making them love their current one; Android makers get people to upgrade their phones by making them hate their current one.
Seems like the strategy continues to holds true here...
- danso 15y agoThat's a little too cynical for me, and runs counter to Google's very origins (not to say that the managers and execs in charge of today's Google may have diverged from that): http://bit.ly/uvHu5n http://bit.ly/uvHu5n "[Excite CEO] Bell was visibly upset. The Stanford [Google] product was too good. If Excite were to host a search engine that instantly gave people information they sought, he explained, the users would leave the site instantly.
- frou_dh 15y agoThat love thing is typically gushing and odd. I like my iPhone 3G, but it's annoyance at no longer receiving security updates, and lack of iCloud support, that would make me spend money to upgrade. Not love.