Le 18 févr. 2011 à 23:55, Chipp Walters a écrit : > The most interesting point, IMO, is the one Richard alludes to. Most people > don't know this, but it's simple to create a website, which runs in iOS > Safari, and has a button, PUT THIS WEB APP ON MY IPAD. Pressing the button > allows a user to place the web app, including glossy icon, directly on the > iPad's desktop. > > And by creating such an app, developers gets to: > > - Bypass completely the AppStore > - Update the App as quickly and often as they likes > - Access specific API's in iOS > - Keep money for themselves > - Run on multiple platforms, not just iOS. > > I suppose if one plays this out to a logical conclusion, assuming Apple > doesn't capitulate and maintains it's desire for control, Apple will at some > time in the future remove this feature from iOS.
I don't think they can do this and stay a trustable company for any of their customers outside of the ones their could get as replacement out of the Chinese Communist Party... > > And, just when are we going to see all of this greedy goodness come to the > Mac? My guess is sooner than later- but it will be gradual, probably with > plenty of Apple fans to cheer them on. For instance, last I checked you can > offer a free program in the Mac store, then drive customers to your website > to purchase the feature enhanced version. I assume Steve will be changing > that soon in a new set of license terms. Seems like Apple changes their mind > on licensing about as often as Lindsay Lohan changes hers on staying sober. > And both wonder why people make such a big deal. :-) > > The other point concerning a monopoly-- Apple right now has THE monopoly on > mobile tablets. That much is clear. > > My guess is Amazon doesn't mind playing chicken with Apple on this. They can > afford to not change Kindle and wait until Apple throws them off iOS, then > cry foul and sue Apple, meanwhile offering discounts to iPad customers on > Android tablets and Kindles. Heck, they might even try to support a class > action lawsuit for those people (like Andre and myself) who don't own a > Kindle, yet have dozens of books on our iPad, which we could not then use. > > If that comes to pass, Apple will continue to look like a controlling big > brother company-- which at some point will take it's toll. Probably soon > after Jobs leaves us, as the rumors are the company doesn't have much of a > succession plan. > > It will be interesting! > > Chipp Walters > CEO, Shafer Walters Group, Inc > > On Feb 18, 2011, at 12:27 PM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> > wrote: > >> Bob Sneidar wrote: >> >>> I think if Apple maintains it's position they are going to alienate >>> the major developers. >> >> Agreed, though the major issue here is with content publishers more than >> developers, and publishers have another option available that can make far >> more money for them: the web = iOS + the entire rest of the world. >> >> Rather than spending themselves silly making single-platform apps, they can >> just go back to the web and get 100% of the world's eyeballs at a much lower >> cost -- and they keep 100% of all revenues in doing so. >> >> Earn more, spend less. Makes good business sense for content publishers to >> blow off the app store entirely. >> >> >>> It may be that Apple is not after the major developers anyway, and >>> are thinking about small developers... >> >> ..of which there are many... >> >>> who start out selling an app on the store, hit huge success with it... >> >> ...of which there are very few. >> >> Last time I saw any stats on this, it looked to me a very long tail: only >> the top 100 were making serious money, the second 100 making about what most >> of us make on desktop apps, and all the rest of the 350,000 apps there were >> earning somewhere between minimum wage and zero. >> >> >>> ...and then try to market out of store to avoid paying Apple. >> >> Even fewer. >> >> The conflict here is about content publishers, and as long as there is a WWW >> they have a more profitable option awaiting them. Now that they're no >> longer as dazzled by the novelty of the iPad, they can settle down and get >> back to business basics. >> >> >>> If the DOJ goes after Apple, it may end up that the people who >>> thought that Apple was going to rule the world can rest easier. >>> I guess in a healthy economy everything eventually balances >>> everything else. I don't understand Antitrust though. I thought >>> that was when multiple companies selling a similar product conspire >>> to fix prices. Wouldn't it fall more under Monopoly? >> >> Hard to say how that will pan out; there are precendents both ways. I'm no >> attorney, but the Sherman Act does have a few things to say about price >> fixing even outside of monopolies. >> >> Still, I don't imagine this will come to much, as the savvier publishers >> will just go back to the web and make more money. >> >> -- >> Richard Gaskin >> Fourth World >> LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com >> Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com >> LiveCode Journal blog: http://LiveCodejournal.com/blog.irv >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- Pierre Sahores mobile : (33) 6 03 95 77 70 www.woooooooords.com www.sahores-conseil.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
