I would have (and do, actually) suggested the inverse: Don't buy Apple. Don't use Google services. And by Yog, never ever buy anything from Amazon. Survival is intimately linked to _not_ depending on these giant abusive landmarks of homogeny/mediocrity ... I think. ;-)
But then, you're not talking about survival. You're talking about the persistence of consumerist tendencies through very mild changes in infrastructure. Perhaps "survival" is a euphemism? On 02/12/2014 08:03 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: > I came across this tweet advice on how to survive the next wave of tech > extinction: > > Advice for NYT readers: Buy Apple gadgets, use Google services, buy media > from > Amazon<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/13/technology/personaltech/how-to-survive-the-next-wave-of-technology-extinction.html> > . > > > Interesting if only they are jumping on the "digital ecology" bandwagon > we've discussed here often. > > But looking at my ecology: I buy Macs. I primarily use Google services: > mail, hangouts, calendar, groups, ... And looking at our TV and our now > completely digital music, we mainly use Amazon. I was going to say they > missed Dropbox as a 4th, but then Doh! .. DB is an Amazon S3/EC2 service. > > Its not always easy. Getting iTunes and Amazon finally is OK. Getting > Google Calendar, Mail and Contacts to integrate with OSX is harder. > > Amazon seems to be the easiest: they make apps for integrating with > everything, always with a web-app fallback. And even my somewhat aging TV > and new TiVo have direct to Amazon capabilities. > > The real shock was when TiVo and the TV decided to have wireless remotes > that worked on the iPhone. Ditto for our Apple TV box. > > What a triangle: Apple, Google, Amazon. But it's true. And the best > defense is diversity. How very complex! -- ⇒⇐ glen ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
