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Unable to compete with the Kindle, Apple wants a cut of ebook sales
superboyac:
I wonder how long Apple can keep this up. They make good stuff, but it's only a matter of time before they have to let go of their closed system little by little. Their userbase is growing a lot, and they are going to be asking for this and that, which means more options and capabilities are going to be demanded. And Apple will have to satisfy them somehow. If they want to keep this success they have going on, they have to let it go a little.
Stoic Joker:
I wonder how long Apple can keep this up. They make good stuff, but it's only a matter of time before they have to let go of their closed system little by little. Their userbase is growing a lot, and they are going to be asking for this and that, which means more options and capabilities are going to be demanded. And Apple will have to satisfy them somehow. If they want to keep this success they have going on, they have to let it go a little.-superboyac (February 02, 2011, 09:15 AM)
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Quite to the contrary... I think Apple should clamp down as tightly as they can on their little nut. That way there wont be any chance of them falling of while they ride it straight to hell.
...Afterwhich we can all be free of their foolish money-grubbing nonsense. :)
superboyac:
I wonder how long Apple can keep this up. They make good stuff, but it's only a matter of time before they have to let go of their closed system little by little. Their userbase is growing a lot, and they are going to be asking for this and that, which means more options and capabilities are going to be demanded. And Apple will have to satisfy them somehow. If they want to keep this success they have going on, they have to let it go a little.-superboyac (February 02, 2011, 09:15 AM)
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Quite to the contrary... I think Apple should clamp down as tightly as they can on their little nut. That way there wont be any chance of them falling of while they ride it straight to hell.
...Afterwhich we can all be free of their foolish money-grubbing nonsense. :)
-Stoic Joker (February 02, 2011, 10:08 AM)
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I can't agree completely with that, but I do enjoy the sentiment! I'm all for Apple going straight to hell if any other company starts making stuff as well-made as the Apple stuff. If another company can make a $700 tablet that is as awesome as the ipad, then please, please do. I beg you! No cheap, plastic stuff that doesn't even work half as well. (well, my ipad alarm has failed me the last two days...). I don't know what Sony's problem is...make a tablet already, shit. My techno-geek fantasy is Apple/Sony merging into the ultimate super company. In the fantasy, Sony would be in charge of the technology R&D, and Apple would do all the marketing and design, Interface. And I would be CEO, and would not allow anything that restricted basic conveniences. I would make it hacker friendly. Ok, maybe not....I may prove to be a hypocrite if I ever become a big wig.
wraith808:
^ That sums up my thoughts. At least the first part about how other companies waste (and I mean WASTE) opportunities, and Apple comes along and 're-innovates' old ideas to make something that completely changes the game. How many years were the *same* companies that are making *killer* smartphones *now* in the game before Apple arrived? Why couldn't they do *then* what they're doing *now*? The same with *anything* that Apple produces? It's like they need Apple to lead the charge to usability before they'll waste their time on something so inconsequential. It's *so* frustrating!
superboyac:
^ That sums up my thoughts. At least the first part about how other companies waste (and I mean WASTE) opportunities, and Apple comes along and 're-innovates' old ideas to make something that completely changes the game. How many years were the *same* companies that are making *killer* smartphones *now* in the game before Apple arrived? Why couldn't they do *then* what they're doing *now*? The same with *anything* that Apple produces? It's like they need Apple to lead the charge to usability before they'll waste their time on something so inconsequential. It's *so* frustrating!
-wraith808 (February 02, 2011, 10:40 AM)
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in my opinion, the best example of all of this is Sony's ultra-FAIL of the minidisc. Think about it. Sony invented the minidisc in the early 90's. When did digital music players really become mainstream? circa 2002. Don't mention rio and stuff, because it wasn't that mainstream. The ipod is what made portable audio mainstream. The point is, Sony had a DECADE head start. A freaking decade!! In those 10 years, all they had to do was make it easy for people to transfer music from their computers to the minidisc and ipod would probably have never happened. But they never let go of the restrictions. Then the ipod came along and allowed you to dump anything into it (but not get it out!), and that changed the world. Apple was revived, and we've seen how a smart company takes advantage of their luck or whatever. unlike Sony who consistently destroy's any leg up they have. Fortunately, their stuff is amazing and usually stands the test of time, where Apple's stuff usually gets old pretty quick (which is on purpose, to keep the hype up on all their annual updates, smart). Sony F'd up really bad there. All they had to do was that one thing market it properly. Everything else was in place. But no, they made it super hard to get your own stuff on a minidisc. And they made it equally hard to get it off. Hmmm...that last sentance is a little dirty...that goes in my dirty talk quotebook.
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