> Readability needs Apple to publish an app in the App Store. Apple doesn’t need Readability.
Pretty short-sighted analysis, overall. In a vacuum, Apple probably doesn't need Readability, or Kindle, or Netflix, or Campfire or any other specific SaaS app, video streaming app, competing bookstore, etc. But it isn't a vacuum; if you drive all of them away, there isn't a lot of interesting stuff left.
Apple seems to be betting that I'll throw away my Kindle account, my Netflix subscription, my interest in Readability, Evernote, et al, in order to stay on iOS.
But for me it seems easier to just replace my aging iPhone with an Android phone and keep using all of these other great programs, OS polish be damned.
I bought my phone because I could use Rhapsody (replaced by Mog), Pandora, and other subscription applications. I'm also the exact type of customer who doesn't blink at spending 5 dollars at an application. Why would Apple drive off its most lucrative customers for a relatively small piece of the pie?
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> Readability needs Apple to publish an app in the App Store. Apple doesn’t need Readability.
Pretty short-sighted analysis, overall. In a vacuum, Apple probably doesn't need Readability, or Kindle, or Netflix, or Campfire or any other specific SaaS app, video streaming app, competing bookstore, etc. But it isn't a vacuum; if you drive all of them away, there isn't a lot of interesting stuff left.
Apple seems to be betting that I'll throw away my Kindle account, my Netflix subscription, my interest in Readability, Evernote, et al, in order to stay on iOS.
But for me it seems easier to just replace my aging iPhone with an Android phone and keep using all of these other great programs, OS polish be damned.
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I bought my phone because I could use Rhapsody (replaced by Mog), Pandora, and other subscription applications. I'm also the exact type of customer who doesn't blink at spending 5 dollars at an application. Why would Apple drive off its most lucrative customers for a relatively small piece of the pie?