"unknown but negative" strikes me as a wonderfully pessimistic phrase. So we don't know what the impact of using multiple loads would be, but it would be bad.
Developers can't touch or enhance iTunes or iPod functionality in any way, shape or form -- they can't even access your music directory, meaning you better like the way the iPod button works just the way it is.
No processes can run in the background -- apps have to completely quit when exited, completely contained in their little sandbox.
Devs can't integrate apps or functions into the OS. Third-party apps will always be second-class citizens, and can't significantly alter iPhone functions, including accessing the calendar or SMS messaging or adding any content to the otherwise useless lock screen that appears when you wake up the phone.
Pirated games, movies or whatever are a no-no in the App Store, obviously. (duh)
A bit different than the piracy concern, apps using copyrights, trademarks or intellectual property of a major company are sticky, and the App Store will steer clear of them if they're not developed by the company itself.
Devs don't have deep access to the hardware.
Apple's app review process is a complete mystery to developers and takes forever, which can affect app quality and horribly delays app updates.
Apple limits app testing to five devices, so there is basically is no beta testing.
Apple's number one priority is Apple.
I defend the phone and Apple as much as I can, but I have to admit that these are some pretty good points.
You must be kidding. Pop in the disk and it just works? In no way does that describe Windows. More like pop in the disk, install, boot, apply updates, rebooting a squintillion times in the process, check to make sure that firewall is setup (you have approximately 4 minutes to do so before you're toast), get antivirus going to play it safe, then look around and realize that the only semi-useful piece of software it shipped with is IE.
To be fair, I'm not hating on Windows. I use it at home and work, but for a long time I used Linux exclusively at home and these days I'm trying out OSX at home. Of the three, OSX was the clear winner in terms of ease of setup. That really was as simple as boot the box, setup my bluetooth keyboard/mouse, watch as it automounts my NAS, and bingo I'm off to the races.
I know it's going to be a long time before I get used to the Mac UI but from my initial experience getting going, I can see why Apple is gaining in marketshare.
So let me get this straight: Radiohead sells 1 million albums and each member gets what? 200k? (How many members are there again?)
200k for a platinum-selling album?
And assuming people were only paying $16 a CD the label grosses $15 million from that same album?
Great Jebus that is lopsided. And here I thought indentured servitude had gone out of style.
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"unknown but negative" strikes me as a wonderfully pessimistic phrase. So we don't know what the impact of using multiple loads would be, but it would be bad.
Sounds like someone's got a case of the Mondays.
Dude, it's called "Clear" for a reason.
A friend of mine (who loves to hate on the iPhone) sent me a great link that might be of interest:
Gizmodo article on devel limitations
Some of the points raised:
I defend the phone and Apple as much as I can, but I have to admit that these are some pretty good points.
You must be kidding. Pop in the disk and it just works? In no way does that describe Windows. More like pop in the disk, install, boot, apply updates, rebooting a squintillion times in the process, check to make sure that firewall is setup (you have approximately 4 minutes to do so before you're toast), get antivirus going to play it safe, then look around and realize that the only semi-useful piece of software it shipped with is IE. To be fair, I'm not hating on Windows. I use it at home and work, but for a long time I used Linux exclusively at home and these days I'm trying out OSX at home. Of the three, OSX was the clear winner in terms of ease of setup. That really was as simple as boot the box, setup my bluetooth keyboard/mouse, watch as it automounts my NAS, and bingo I'm off to the races. I know it's going to be a long time before I get used to the Mac UI but from my initial experience getting going, I can see why Apple is gaining in marketshare.
So let me get this straight: Radiohead sells 1 million albums and each member gets what? 200k? (How many members are there again?) 200k for a platinum-selling album? And assuming people were only paying $16 a CD the label grosses $15 million from that same album? Great Jebus that is lopsided. And here I thought indentured servitude had gone out of style.