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there is definitely truth to your argument, but remember that apple != app store
Why Everyone is Afraid of Apple
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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.
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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.
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For all intents and purposes, a consumer, for a very very long time couldn't buy a machine without windows bundled with it (I.e. Someone paid), unless you bought a Mac. Microsoft saw to that.
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#16I have to thank apple for higher ebook prices?
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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 Apple's ecosystem is way harder and more riskier.
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#18He 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.
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#20"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.