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I think ice cream shops might make for a better analogy. Apple is like one that makes the absolute best vanilla and chocolate ice creams you've ever had. And m
by raldi 13y ago
I think ice cream shops might make for a better analogy.
Apple is like one that makes the absolute best vanilla and chocolate ice creams you've ever had. And maybe in the back, they're working on an amazing mint-chocolate-chip, but they haven't quite found just the right supplier of peppermint extract, and until then, nobody gets to try it.
Google is like that crazy experimental ice cream shop that has all sorts of weird flavors available at any time, and sometimes they don't quite work out (like "pancakes") but sometimes they're huge successful breakthroughs (like "bourbon and cornflakes"), and they have no way of knowing which is going to be which until the public starts to taste them.
- nsns 13y agoAnd at times they would, out of the blue, cancel a taste you really like.
- dmoy 13y agoJust like my ice cream shop :(
- FireBeyond 13y agoNot really fair to reference Google here. After all, the flip side is, "or announce that a flavor that you paid $600 for barely 14 months ago is end-of-life and will not be getting any updates".
- ianstormtaylor 13y agoIs that really the flip side? With an Android you don't even have to wait 14 months to be guaranteed no updates.
- kposehn 13y agoThat is indeed a very good analogy.
- gfodor 13y agoAlso, the Apple ice cream shop is staffed by friendly, well dressed servers who are knowledgeable and passionate about ice cream and all of the relevant subfields. The Google ice cream shop is actually a vending machine.
- raldi 13y agoI don't know about that; both companies actually have really good customer service for paying customers. The difference is that Google also offers free products to the public, which generally don't come with customer service, whereas Apple doesn't really offer free products at all.