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>> Also, frankly, I'm okay with Microsoft failing at projects like this. We don't need another Apple-like presence on the market. Don't we?
by bigmattystyles 4y ago
>> Also, frankly, I'm okay with Microsoft failing at projects like this. We don't need another Apple-like presence on the market.
Don't we?
- kstrauser 4y agoI’ve gotta agree with you there. I love my Apple gear, but I hear and understand the criticisms against them. The above argument sounds to me like “you think one monopolist is bad? Wait until there are 2 of them!”
- siggen 4y agoIt will be an oligopoly then.
- bigmattystyles 4y agoBut wouldn't that be trending the right direction? Seems like a case of letting the perfect be the enemy of the good.
- Sakos 4y agoNo, in the non-Apple world, Microsoft doesn't drive the computing industry. It's market-driven coordination between a multitude of manufacturers and retailers where no one instance has control over the others. Apple is a vertically integrated monopoly that effectively rules all its partners (from apps to hardware) with an iron fist and can push its decisions on users (and partners) unilaterally. So no, I don't want Microsoft to become another Apple. From my point of view, Microsoft failing to do what Apple does is a good thing because it means there's some semblance of a working, competitive (if imperfect) market. They can't force other companies to dance to their tune.