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Is apple.com doing User-Agent based discrimination?
- PythonDeveloper 13y agoThey are indeed. On my MacBok Pro I can watch this in Safari, but not on Chrome or Firefox. Apple, I call BS.
- NicoJuicy 13y agoNice found, Apple is always bringing a bad UX to other people. Some other examples: - Older webkit for webapps on the homescreen (= slower loading), so a bad experience with webapps so people would search / request a native app - iTunes on Windows (seriously, what was that!) - Not compatible Bluetooth with non Apple devices (you really have to do a lot) - No standard battery loader (and it's in the European law that you should use one...) - No EU obligated garantee if you don't buy Applecare - Airplay, ... doesn't work with other devices (instead of using DLNA, which is a standard-protocol and works cross-device) - Tried to push that no other programming languages would work on their platform --> XCode. So basicly, no cross-platform programming... - ...
- olgeni 13y ago> Apple is always bringing a bad UX to other people. "And when you thought you were safe, iOS7 came."
- bsimpson 13y agoRemember when Steve Jobs announced FaceTime as if it was going to be a cross-platform videochat standard?
- NicoJuicy 13y agoAnd is it?
- bsimpson 13y agoI think one of the reasons that Blink forked from WebKit is that Google has a vested interest in making the web cutting-edge; whereas Apple's interest is in making the web "good enough" and reserving premium experiences for their native apps. Interesting considering that the whole reason Apple survived the 90s was the advent of the web counteracting the move to Windows-only software.
- NicoJuicy 13y agoIndeed. Probably that's the reason why Steve Jobs had such "smart" ideas on how to persuade people to switch to Apple. His marketing / monopolist plan was years in the making, long before he announced it to anyone.