Microsoft "saw to" that? What about IBM, Netscape, the bundling deals with hardware manufacturers... Microsoft has screwed at least as many small companies as Apple.
But that's not OP's point. You know when people say "I've forgot more about X than you'll ever know!"? MS has screwed more companies than Apple has on its entire ecosystem. But it has made possible the existence of so many more. While, with Apple, it's either their way or none at all. And I am not saying this makes Apple's products bad, the iPad sucks or the market hasn't made a decision. Just that doing business on…
He is giving Apple way too much credit. It's not like Apple did shady business deals/practices to get in their current position, it's because people genuinely like their products for whatever reason (interface/ease of use/design). And because a niche group of people (tech geeks) don't like apple products doesn't mean the general public won't find those products appealing.
Microsoft "saw to" that? What about IBM, Netscape, the bundling deals with hardware manufacturers... Microsoft has screwed at least as many small companies as Apple.
But that's not OP's point. You know when people say "I've forgot more about X than you'll ever know!"? MS has screwed more companies than Apple has on its entire ecosystem. But it has made possible the existence of so many more. While, with Apple, it's either their way or none at all. And I am not saying this makes Apple's products bad, the iPad sucks or the market hasn't made a decision. Just that doing business on…
I never said Apple wasn't bad news, just that MS wasn't exactly a champion of small business either.
Me thinks it is mainly because Apple delivers what others only envision. Which is scary.
I find it's rather that they take care of every detail. I refuse to buy an iPhone but I'm still not satisfied with the state of Android phones.
There's the phones with the great cameras (but are underpowered).
There's the phones with the great cpus (but wasted because of low ram)
There's the phones with the good extra UI (wasted because they're underpowered)
There's the good middle ground handicapped by a really old version of Android and no multi-touch.
Apple is fundamentally a different kind of company than almost all other software or hardware companies. The prospect of J. Average Computer Company competing against J. Other Average Computer Company is straightforward, all that it takes to win against them is to keep doing what you're doing, only better, or more. The prospect of competing against Apple might be a bit more daunting, because potential it requires completely remaking your entire company to be more Apple-like, which is something most companies are utterly incapable of doing.
This is despite the fact that Apple isn't even especially dominant in any area, not to the same degree that Microsoft, Google, or Amazon are dominant.
Me thinks it is mainly because Apple delivers what others only envision. Which is scary.
I find it's rather that they take care of every detail. I refuse to buy an iPhone but I'm still not satisfied with the state of Android phones. There's the phones with the great cameras (but are underpowered). There's the phones with the great cpus (but wasted because of low ram) There's the phones with the good extra UI (wasted because they're underpowered) There's the good middle ground handicapped by a really old…
With Apple the shortcomings are sold as features and then later given to you as an innovation.
I almost expected them to release the iPhone shuffle that had no screen and randomly called people.
This type of writing: "That new iPhone? What a total meh. So what if it has new volume controls? Or a metal strip around the side? Apple needs people to line up round the block for its next product. Will this really be enough?" shows that this author isn't so much as writing an opinion piece as he is sensationalizing and capitalizing on a trend of articles hearkening the fall of Apple for reasons I cannot truly fathom.
I can't help but remember the article posted yesterday IIRC which made the point: Why are we worried about Apple? Isn't it Wall Street that truly has the power to make everything get fubar'ed?
"Journalists are terrified of this company too. Why? Just ask Jason Chen - the editor at tech blog Gizmodo who got his hands on the next iPhone. Apple's response? They sent in the police, who smashed down Chen's front door, ransacked his house -- while he was out -- and carted off computers and files. When Chen returned home from dinner with his wife, they frisked him too." This is the kind of argument they are makin…
"Word, Judge, I didn't purchase no hot item...I just 'got my hands on it', nah mean?"
"Journalists are terrified of this company too. Why? Just ask Jason Chen - the editor at tech blog Gizmodo who got his hands on the next iPhone. Apple's response? They sent in the police, who smashed down Chen's front door, ransacked his house -- while he was out -- and carted off computers and files. When Chen returned home from dinner with his wife, they frisked him too." This is the kind of argument they are makin…
This also raised my eyebrow... Chen bought stolen property as defined under California law. Then published evidence of his doing so in a very public manner. Apple may have called the police, but they hardly "sent them in". I was with the article until that point.
Well, I might be wrong, but it's probably not the first time a gadget site gets a gadget before it's released. In many cases, that gadget should have been returned to the original owner, not to a journalist. But, again, as far as I know, no company has actually "sent the police in" (or even asked for any investigation) over such a matter. Apple did, it wasn't wrong of them (I mean, it's still a crime), but they were (one of) the first (only?) to do so.