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Battle of the Media Ecosystems: Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft

bsk_cw writes "This article takes a long look at four major consumer tech ecosystems — Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft — and examine how well (or badly) they're serving up their media. The authors talk about how each company approaches gaming, music, video, books, etc., and how each integrates all its parts into some kind of whole. The conclusion? That none of the four can be said to be the best in all things, but they're certainly trying."

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  1. Subj by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What's an ecosystem? Another marketing term to having one company providing you a set of services?