> My point: Yes, Apple locks you in, but to a certain degree, the other > guys (apps) and content providers do, too. But since it's not a > dictatorship, you can choose which platform locks you in the least / > the nicest.
And my point is, the lock-in on Apple stuff is horrendously pervasive. if I am unhappy with Google (as I am with their bending over to Apple's request to leave out multi-touch), I can just install another comparable application like I have with i.e. the Dolphin browser. Not so with the iPhone, so when Chrome and Firefox comes out soon for mobile devices, you will not be able to use these AT ALL. That is actually worse than what Microsoft was doing and sooner or later, Apple will run into trouble with this practice. In the past, they have been protected by their insignificant size but that no longer applies. /Casper -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
