On Nov 30, 9:05 am, Josh Berry <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Chris Adamson <[email protected]> wrote: > But I question > whether any of them practice the level of control that Apple is > showing here.
I would argue they do. In researching my afore-linked blog, I looked up and linked to the developer sites for the consoles' online store developer programs. They are far more restrictive than Apple's App Store by any objective measure. They pre-vet both app concepts (by and large, they're only interested in games) and developers (you must have a proven track record). There is no place for enlightened amateurs or tiny development shops on WiiWare or XBox Live Arcade, yet these are exactly the developers who are scoring hits with iOS apps like Flipboard, Angry Birds, and so on. > Still, this falls foul of the other point. You are arguing as if > everyone agrees with this practice. I'm sure the recreational nature > of consoles adds a great deal to what people will put up with from it. Apple's devices are highly analogous to consoles and other consumer electronics. Android devices have more in common with personal computers. Each of these has pros and cons, and appeals to different sets of users. iOS has fewer hassles and less crap (from carriers, from IP thieves), while Android is demonstrably more open. What bugs me about Android (and other free platforms, like Linux) is that nobody seems to take that freedom very far. Just like consoles seem to me to breed more innovation than PC games, so too are we seeing remarkable innovation on iOS, despite some very real and very severe restrictions, where as we have yet to see anything truly noteworthy and special (a "killer app", if you will) from Android's third-party community. --Chris -- 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.
