On May 11, 6:19 am, Jess Holle <[email protected]> wrote: > Between the AT&T lock-in for customers and the franchise development > model (with extremely limited, "hostage status" rights for developers), > I think the iPhone *should* go down in flames, despite any user > interface wonders it delivers. Whether it will do so, is another > question entirely, but I think it currently stands for evil like few > other things in computing today. Even the Windows mono-culture in > business does not demand that all developers sign away all their rights > for the privilege of developing on Windows!
You are now only looking from the perspective of a developer. I have yet to find a single non-developer who cares about the vendor lock-in which currently applies to iPhone development. The only thing some people find annoying is the fact that some applications are not available, but most of the time they even don't know why that is the case. The main reason why Android is currently out selling the iPhone, is because (at least in the Netherlands) there are now Android phones which are (much) cheaper than the iPhone and provide a much better user experience than, for example, most Nokia or Sony/Ericsson phones. Additionally, Android phones are not restricted to a single telco (T- Mobile in the Netherlands) which also is an important purchase consideration for many people. > A healthy marketplace of online app stores would be an > easier and better solution, though -- Apple could then deny anyone for > any cause and another app store would simply sell your app instead. > Apple could similarly try to take a bigger cut of the profit -- and > another app store would undercut them. I really find it hard to see the benefits for the end user of having multiple appstores. If that would be the case, you would have to check several 'app stores' in order to find out if there are new interesting applications. Of course, it would be nice for developers who doesn't like the Apple regime, but for the end user I, the only benefit I see is the possibility of lower prices for apps (but currently that isn't really an issue), but that does not compensate the downsides of multiple app stores. -- Martin -- 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.
