Right on! Apple clearly wants to take over the world.
They won't make it but they are surely giving it a try.
(And for a brief interval a while back , they
had more money than the US government).
Sometimes when you feel paranoid, someone really
is out to get you.
Robert
On Mon, 9 Apr 2012, Stefan Schreiber wrote:
Ronald C.F. Antony wrote:
Again, it's FUD when people think Apple is needlessly proprietary. As a
matter of fact, when it comes to standards Apple does more to push them
than just about any other force in the market. Others push things like
Flash,
Think again of Blu-Ray (movie) support on MacOS. Is there one? (BR drives are
supported, only the films don't play...)
Apple is actually - according to my best knowledge - still a "director"
company in the Blu Ray Disc Association.
BD licensing might be a bag of hurt or not, but there are existing solutions
for Windows PCs. (Historically this is quite odd, as Microsoft had supported
HD-DVD. If Microsoft can support Blu-Ray on Windows, Apple could on MacOS.)
I am also sure that Apple couldn't afford the high licensing fees, even if
they probably would not pay at all... :-D
The reason for this is - of course - that Apple chose not to support Blu-Ray,
and to sell films (SD, HD) on the propietary iTunes store.
Apple is so clearly promoting propietary solutions that you have to be blind
not to admit this. There are other examples. I am actually not complaining
about, but let us keep the facts.
it's FUD when people think Apple is needlessly proprietary.
Oh yeah, they < have > to offer a closed and walled garden. Otherwise things
would not work as PERFECT as Apple users expect...
Best,
Stefan Schreiber
P.S.: And they care since years for the "best and safest working conditions
at the Foxconn plants", and so on. (Even if evidence and independent reports
tell otherwise. They got some pressure ecently, thanks to NYT and others, but
the problems are actually quite old.)
But as long as loyal Apple customers buy into the stuff and every excuse,
there is maybe not enough incentive to change policy.
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