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No, it's not the same. Apple has it's own products that depends on no one else to function - The iPhone, for example. The power companies are merely an accessor
by neya 14y ago
No, it's not the same. Apple has it's own products that depends on no one else to function - The iPhone, for example. The power companies are merely an accessory and don't involve in Apple's business model anyway significantly. If power companies were so intrusive, I'm sure apple would have offered a free solar charger or a free car-charger kit. And also, like the other comment mentions, power companies are mere service providers, they take your money and give you a service in return, and there is an obligation to do so. That's not the case with Facebook's API - They have no obligation to do you any favors, it's just that they're giving it out to in a way creatively popularize their platform. I would definitely build a weekend app on top of their API, but a start-up to generate income for life? I doubt it.
- mbesto 14y agoApple has it's own products that depends on no one else to function - The iPhone, for example. That is simply untrue. No internet = device is useless. No wireless calling = device is useless. No power = device doesn't turn on. Let's just pretend for a second that internet, power and wireless communication don't exist, but the ability to create the iPhone does exist. Would someone have created it? They have no obligation to do you any favors You've confused your own statement just like the other person did (see my comment to him/her). Facebook is incentivized to get as many eyeballs on their site as possible. Just as a power company is incentivized to generate power for your house. The difference is that one is a procurement process and the other is a distribution process.