Mac OS X

Apple Is Dead Serious About Control?

Posted by on May 6, 2010 | 3 Comments

Apple has quite literally, changed the game in the mobile market with the iPhone. But has Apple every ever recovered in ego, from their market share loss to the PC back in the beginning of the intial battles between Apple and Microsoft.

Now we see Apple basically owning the mobile market and by golly, they have no interest in letting anyone else gain anything on them. And by itself, there is nothing wrong with this. It’s good for their business.

Sadly though, there is a problem for the end user experience and to a degree, a problem for the developers. Apple has really opted to put the clamps down on what and how things can be developed for the iPhone and iPad platform. Question is, how long will this continue and when will Apple finally loosen up their grasp?

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  • Anonymous

    Being a long time builder, I’m biased. Most big builders of PC’s buy parts from the LOW price bidder. If you check your desktop or laptop you’ll probably see a Foxcon motherboard and Samsung RAM. While both are fine manufacturers, you will not be able to buy a replacement or equivalent MOBO or RAM from them, as they are tailored especially for the particular company using them. Going with the retail parts gives you a larger lattitude for related parts and operating systems (I still prefer WXP for many uses, as do many of my older customers). By the parts and com see me, or another tech to assemble and set it up, or even better, learn to build it yourself, a very satisfying experience.

  • Marc Erickson

    “right of passage” should be rite of passage.