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Re: Google wants you. Amazon wants you. Apple wants you.

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Post by mpyne »

orangecat wrote: post #2

That explains why Apple supports customers using iDevices however they want, while Google locks down Android and asserts that it should be a federal crime to run unapproved software. Wait. Maybe it's a bit more complex.

Yes, my first thought on reading that short argument was that it has all the logical rigor of INTERCAL.

I especially like the leap the author took from 'an iDevice is an end in itself' to 'users can see this' to 'obviously that's why it is selling so well'. Not a one of those logical leaps is even plausible IMO, let alone so obvious that it can be thrown out there without further justification.

Re: Google wants you. Amazon wants you. Apple wants you.

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Post by shawndumas »

orangecat wrote: post #2

That explains why Apple supports customers using iDevices however they want, while Google locks down Android and asserts that it should be a federal crime to run unapproved software. Wait. Maybe it's a bit more complex.

Apple thinks (rightly or wrongly) that giving you that control will diminish the experience.

I used to hate it when people would install stupid stuff on Windows and then blame Microsoft for their bad Windows experience.

It's like buying an and putting a bunch of crappy aftermarket parts in it and then getting angry with the dealership when you're stuck on the side of the road.

Re: Google wants you. Amazon wants you. Apple wants you.

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Post by [deleted] »

mpyne wrote: post #3
orangecat wrote: post #2

That explains why Apple supports customers using iDevices however they want, while Google locks down Android and asserts that it should be a federal crime to run unapproved software. Wait. Maybe it's a bit more complex.

Yes, my first thought on reading that short argument was that it has all the logical rigor of INTERCAL. I especially like the leap the author took from 'an iDevice is an end in itself' to 'users can see this' to 'obviously that's why it is selling so well'. Not a one of those logical leaps is even plausible IMO, let alone so obvious that it can be thrown out there without further justification.

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Re: Google wants you. Amazon wants you. Apple wants you.

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Post by Derbasti »

I think there is a lot of truth to the argument that the customer is best served by a product that is created for the customer.

However, I think both Amazon and Google and Apple and Microsoft are in this for the long haul. They probably figure that they are best served by customers who love their products.

So while it might be true that in the end, Google wants to sell ads, Amazon wants to sell content and Apple wants to sell hardware, all of them can only do so by satisfying customers.

Actually, the difference is rather that since Amazon and Google only use the hardware as a means to another end, they need to exert less control over it and thus offer a wider range of different products.

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[deleted] wrote: post #5
mpyne wrote: post #3

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Yes, my first thought on reading that short argument was that it has all the logical rigor of INTERCAL. I especially like the leap the author took from 'an iDevice is an end in itself' to 'users can see this' to 'obviously that's why it is selling so well'. Not a one of those logical leaps is even plausible IMO, let alone so obvious that it can be thrown out there without further justification.

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