Tag: monopoly
iMonopoly
by drinker on Mar.20, 2009, under Random Thoughts for the Day
Apple is well on it’s way to continue it’s iMonopoly. I have told you the stories of dealing with apple die-hards but I find it funny that most of the people I know who have an apple/mac are the biggest opponents of Microsoft and their monopoly. But once you go with apple you are stuck with them. Granted their new OS and much of the OSes on their products is linux based so it can be changed or “patched” to turn-off their monopoly code it still seems like you get locked in. The lock in that is done with apple seems alot worse then the lock in you get with microsoft.
I personally like the iPhone and think it is better then my Windows Media based phone. But in order to get and use an iPhone I have to signup for a long term contract with AT&T. Then once I have the iPhone I am only allowed to get apple approved software. Then again the primary reason why Apple’s seem to be so stable, is the tight control on the software and extensions available. While Microsoft allows just about any yahoo (like me) to write software for them.
I really had no point to this post.
