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It also creates an opportunity for iPhone competitors. Competitors seem inevitable, given that the basic technology is available to everyone. But until those co
by 10ren 17y ago
It also creates an opportunity for iPhone competitors. Competitors seem inevitable, given that the basic technology is available to everyone. But until those competitors get their act together, why shouldn't Apple do whatever it likes?
There's a compelling point here: Mr Jobs knows all about this issue (he and Woz created the PC category... and today a "PC" means a non-Apple computer. That's a comparable ouch to getting sacked from your own company.) It superficially looks like he is repeating the same mistake, as when the IBM-PC beat the Apple. But I seriously doubt that, and I wonder, "what's his strategy this time around?"
- dejb 17y agoI think Apple has a set of philosophies that makes it better suited to be a niche player. Didn't Jobs once say something about not being interested in price conscious users? Allowing non-app store programs would be a technically easy move to make, (unless there were terrible security problems with the platform) but my gut tells me they believe in what they are doing and they'll hold on to the bitter end. Also there are many competitors and there were before they launched. I owned for 2 years before it exists. Somehow Apple managed to rewrite history in the minds of a lot of people.