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I'm getting really, really tired of the nonstop doucherocketry displayed by all the major tech corporations lately: 1. Apple gratuitously locking down every la
by cageface 15y ago
I'm getting really, really tired of the nonstop doucherocketry displayed by all the major tech corporations lately:
1. Apple gratuitously locking down every last detail of their platform and cudgeling competitors with that control.
2. Microsoft playing me-too to Apple as fast as their little brother legs can carry them.
3. Oracle buying Java and going patent troll.
4. Google basically lying about the reasons for their real names G+ policy and working hard to be the one ring that binds the net.
All of these companies produce some technically excellent products but I have to hold my nose to use any of them. The sad thing is, I think all of these companies could succeed solely on the strength of their work.
- Craiggybear 15y agodoucherocketry - thank you for my new word for today.
- Zr40 15y agoRe. 1 and 2, what exactly are Apple and Microsoft doing to their desktop OS to accomplish that? I'm not seeing any evidence of that happening at all.
- fpgeek 15y agoBoth desktop OSes are moving in the direction of the mobile ones (app stores, signed code, sandboxes, etc.). For the moment, there are escape hatches, but they are already disfavored alternatives (no promotion, no access to some new APIs, etc.) and, given past behavior, I wouldn't count on the escape hatches remaining open forever.
- sp332 15y agoOn OSX, your program won't be allowed to use certain APIs unless you limit your program in other ways and get Apple's explicit approval and give Apple 30% of your gross revenue. e.g. http://mjtsai.com/blog/2012/01/25/pdfpen-and-icloud/ http://mjtsai.com/blog/2012/01/25/pdfpen-and-icloud/
- Zr40 15y agoTrue, but those APIs were never available without those kinds of restrictions.
- damian2000 15y agoAmen, but this has been going on since the beginning of tech ... look at the CP/M vs DOS war. It seems to me that Apple moved the cheese a bit with iOS + proprietary hardware + app store, and everyone has been scrambling to catch up since then.
- diminish 15y agoFirefox, or any web browser getting kicked out of mobile or future desktop computers, means open web is in danger. So it is not a problem for Firefox, it will be a problem for every one who has a stake in an open world wide web.
- troyk 15y agostrength of work != Oracle They are the king of doucherocketry. Just less noticeable because it happens in the boardroom and not the living room.
- Produce 15y agoCorporations are sociopathic by design. Don't hate Microsoft, Apple or Google (the players), hate the way we do business and our economic model (the game).
- shazow 15y agoCould you clarify #4? I don't mean to contest it. I feel like I've lost touch on much of the public communication since I started working there.