I don't get the Apple hate. And at the risk of getting downvoted, I'm gonna paraphrase Steve Jobs,
We have to get out of our heads that for Google to win Apple has to loose.
This idea that Apple only got right the timing, and that without them smartphones would be the same, computers would be the same and tablets would be the same seems crazy to me. Timing <i>IS</i> everything, and they made theirs by creating a lot of the technology we take for granted now. They drove the industry here, almost entirely by willpower. AT&T helped them reluctantly, Verizon didn't want anything to do with the iPhone (and I suspect they still don't) and the music industry did't even saw it coming; once they realized what was happening, they tried their best to stop it.
They make phones and tablets <i>NOW</i>. They didn't five years ago and who nows what they'll be making 5 years from now. What did Google have five years ago? Search, Maps, Gmail and Youtube. What do they have today? Search, Maps, Youtube, Gmail and thanks in part to Apple, Chrome and Android. Everything else is a research project.
Now, don't get me wrong, I love Google. I use Gmail, Youtube and Maps religiously. Google Glass <i>IS</i> the future. Every one of their research projects is a vector for change in the world, but let's not pretend that they work in isolation. Technologies feed on each other, ideas spring new ideas, companies inspire other companies, to create and to compete. To reinvent.
I am glad to live in the time of Apple and Google. Don't ruin it with hate.
> I don't get the Apple hate. And at the risk of getting downvoted, I'm gonna paraphrase Steve Jobs,
That comes from the same guy who, in private, said:
I'm going to destroy Android [...] I will spend my
last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every
penny of Apple's $40 billion in the bank, to right this
wrong
And what actions did he take? Unless Apple is willing to sell cheaper phones, they're giving up a large segment of the market, and Android will thrive. And I'm sure they know this.
They make phones and tablets <i>NOW</i>. They didn't five years ago and who nows what they'll be making 5 years from now. What did Google have five years ago? Search, Maps, Gmail and Youtube. What do they have today? Search, Maps, Youtube, Gmail and thanks in part to Apple, Chrome and Android. Everything else is a research project.
Now, don't get me wrong, I love Google. I use Gmail, Youtube and Maps religiously. Google Glass <i>IS</i> the future. Every one of their research projects is a vector for change in the world, but let's not pretend that they work in isolation. Technologies feed on each other, ideas spring new ideas, companies inspire other companies, to create and to compete. To reinvent.
I am glad to live in the time of Apple and Google. Don't ruin it with hate.