Google doesn't get 'social', but Apple doesn't understand the Internet
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Re: Google doesn't get 'social', but Apple doesn't understand the Internet
#2Apps are a return to the walled garden -- the anti-Internet, if you will.
Re: Google doesn't get 'social', but Apple doesn't understand the Internet
#3I'd venture to say the internet doesn't get Apple. Many geeks are just anti anything Apple, and have an irrational hatred for them.
Apple have made huge contributions to the internet, such as Webkit, promoting web standards, the iPhone and yes, even the iTunes store - still the biggest internet-based media distribution channel.
Re: Google doesn't get 'social', but Apple doesn't understand the Internet
#4Also I think Google get social, they appreciate it's potential but just haven't succeeded at it yet. They weren't focused on it.
Re: Google doesn't get 'social', but Apple doesn't understand the Internet
#5Apps are a return to the walled garden -- the anti-Internet, if you will.
No they are not! apps mostly use the internet for their data, but provide a richer UX than what a web browser can do. The internet is the underpinning of most apps.
Re: Google doesn't get 'social', but Apple doesn't understand the Internet
#6I'd venture to say the internet doesn't get Apple. Many geeks are just anti anything Apple, and have an irrational hatred for them. Apple have made huge contributions to the internet, such as Webkit, promoting web standards, the iPhone and yes, even the iTunes store - still the biggest internet-based media distribution channel.
Nearly every geek I know has a MBP, and every startup I've worked at uses the same.
Re: Google doesn't get 'social', but Apple doesn't understand the Internet
#7iOS tries hard to make web apps first class citizens. And the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript parts that make this possible are in HTML5.
It's not that Apple doesn't understand the internet, it's that many geeks want "native" apps, rather than having web apps on mobile devices. Apple tolerates these apps, but just barely, and offers the web as the way out of their walled garden.
Re: Google doesn't get 'social', but Apple doesn't understand the Internet
#8I'd venture to say the internet doesn't get Apple. Many geeks are just anti anything Apple, and have an irrational hatred for them. Apple have made huge contributions to the internet, such as Webkit, promoting web standards, the iPhone and yes, even the iTunes store - still the biggest internet-based media distribution channel.
Nearly every geek I know has a MBP, and every startup I've worked at uses the same.
Sure, I think I over-generalized a bit - I mean the kind of comments you see from Android boosters and people who are just bewildered by Apple's success.
Re: Google doesn't get 'social', but Apple doesn't understand the Internet
#9Exhibit A: iTunes (the service) is essentially blocked off from being accessed by people who don't have iTunes (the program) installed. This becomes VERY obvious if you run Linux. The App Store and the iTune music library are not easily searchable or browseable from your Linux PC.
3rd party websites that do this instead aren't really the point, either.
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