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"Developers also must get the application approved by Apple in order to distribute it. Microsoft would not have even dared to dream of such a market scheme." Y

• jeremychone 17y ago
  Interesting you did not mention Windows Mobile. It is not healthy to have the OS maker deciding what application can or cannot be distributed for its OS.
  • tjogin 17y ago
    Why is it so much less healthy for mobile phones than it is for consoles? I mean, the difference is staggering: Apple gets cussed out daily because of how closed their iPhone app distribution system is — but nobody is wasting a single breath about Microsoft's Xbox equivalent. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it's just because were used to one, and not the other.
    • jsz0 17y ago
      Exactly. I don't want to argue one way or another if it's a good thing (let the market decide) but I am getting ever more annoyed at people who buy an iPhone, knowing fully well it's a closed platform, when open alternatives exist. It's not only hypocritical but its hurting the open alternatives too. If you buy any closed system, you support closed systems. No number of outraged blog posts can change that fact.
      • jeremychone 17y ago
        wow, 200% agree. Technologist that promotes open system should not buy iPhone.