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No install but in most cases you have to create a login, and the confirmation email often goes to spam. As for power, that all depends on your needs. 3d on th
by uuilly 17y ago
No install but in most cases you have to create a login, and the confirmation email often goes to spam.
As for power, that all depends on your needs. 3d on the web is still on the weak side of weak. Offline access is still a major issue. Not to mention the tedium of single file uploads and zero OS / device integration.
Despite its obvious flaw, the iPhone store has struck a brilliant balance in many ways. The install, update, remove cycle is way easier that deleting an account or uninstalling from the desktop. In most cases iPhone apps are just nice desktop interfaces for web apps (reinforcing the author's point.)
In the Gates / Jobs interview Steve said that he believed people prefer a native experience w/ the power of the cloud to a pure cloud experience. Which is essentially what the author is saying.