[opendtv] Re: Comment: Complexity bites Apple, puts reputation at stake

  • From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:38:10 -0400

At 10:12 AM -0700 4/10/10, Kon Wilms wrote:

And the real analysis:

The iPad offers an alternative to the complex computing of today,
taking consumers back to the walled garden of controlled pay-for
content, zero choice, and lemming-like experience - brought to you by
the same company who promoted the single-button mouse!


When did the Internet become a walled garden?

Oh I forgot, the iPad does not play well with Flash-based websites...
Yes there is some control over the content available via iTunes, and yes, some of it is not free. But most of the applications available via the app store cost a fraction of what the equivalents cost for the "open worlds" of the PC and gaming platforms.
Last I checked most e-books cost real money. That Kindle thingy is and open platform... 

Right?

Will magazines and newspapers start charging for their content?
Probably... some already do. If the public deems that the experience is worth the price, where's the problem? It's not like movies and video games are free...
And if the iPad platform is so closed, how can it be that people are downloading the free Netflix app in droves?
Me thinks that the PC minions just don't understand the true cost of ownership of their toys... 

Regards
Craig



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