The same was said of Large Screen phones and then again for Bezel-less phones, yet here we are with big bezel-less phones. Even Apple agreed it was a thing.
Folding phones will be a thing in the near future. Pointless to fight progress.
Apple has to make money. I believe 'User First' is more like 'Investor First'
Google is built on Advertising dollars, so to expect Apple to avoid those dollars is just crazy.
Apple market evaluation has little to do with how much money they make, and has more to do with investor confidence. Apple's core products are selling less, and eventually that will lead to lower incomes from core products. That leads to lower investor confidence.
Apple is looking to diversify and build services. Part of that will definitely be more tracking and more advertising.
Apple needs to replace sagging iPhone sales with Services. It is their only way forward.
If Apple would like to replace a real OS with their iOS on all their devices, and if Apple would prefer to be the 'standard' OS that everyone uses, what you have there is Microsoft Windows.
It can be argued that, as we move away from Desktop OSs, (and the statistics show this is true-ish) we see 2 dominant players in iOS and Android.
That is a market monopoly. iOS must and will become separate from the Applications that run on it. iOS will be like any other Operating System and it won't matter what apps you run on it, as long as you want/need that app.
It is NOT a walled-garden, with whatever 'protections' that currently provides Apple, it is an OS that can run Application Software. Eventually, that is were it has to go.
I mean Imagine if Microsoft started asking 30% from the application developers for every install instance of every piece of software that is installed on Windows. Gees, there would be torches and pitchforks outside MS HQ.
Microsoft was mostly responsible for the affordable PC market.
This did not stop antitrust investigations from changing the way they did things in Windows. Microsoft was prevented from 'bundling' their apps and making it hard for anything else to be a default. Apple barely lets anything replace it's own apps as default.
The problem is, iOS and the Apple APP store are and will become separate entities, much like Windows OS and the apps that run on it are completely separate entities, mostly since day 1.
Any and ALL apps should be allowed to run on iOS, within reason of course. Apple should have LESS control of which apps can run on their OS and eventually, through the courts, this will happen, because it is inevitable.
If Microsoft decided that it would pick and choose which 'apps' will run on WindowsOS, there would be plenty of law suits and Microsoft would LOSE.
The Walled Garden is and will always be a monopoly. With Apples push into the Service market, they may voluntarily loosen their grip on the App Store and shift the onus of 'safety' to the end user.
This is a North American trend. In the US, wagons and hatchbacks are not popular at all. Now, it's the sedans turn to loose ground, and in the worlds largest markets, we see companies abandoning the Sedan. Ford is SUV only. Chrysler sells 3 sedans, some Mini-Vans and mostly SUVs. Even GM is shedding some of it's sedans in the coming years.
In Europe, wagons, hatchbacks and sedans were the king, but even their it appears that Small SUV's are helping sink Sedan sales.
Of course the biggest automotive like is the Crossover/Small SUV. Mainly a tiny SEDAN with lifted suspension and a hatchback/wagon body. Most Small SUVs have LESS space inside then proper sedan hatchbacks and they automakers find more profit in the small SUV.
It's like people only see the tallness of the small SUV and think there is safety and space. Neither of which is true.
Many years ago, the 2 door sports car died. SUV's ruled supreme and the MiniVan was everywhere. There was a market backlash as gas prices went up and up and SUV's where both gas guzzlers and terrible to drive. Mini-Vans have always been terrible. The sports cars are probably a Fad though.
Desktops are here to stay. Market is still huge even if it is falling. Even with 'cloud' based computing, you still need some form operating system and you need big latency free internet pipes. Sure, performance won't be that much a factor, except for CAD and Hi-Rez media editing, in which case you need a proper local operating system and software.
Canada had at least two mutli-magazine/newspaper subscription services. They did not survive, because not enough people reads newspaper and magazines on tablets and cellphones.
If content producers are paid based on the amount of time their content is consumed, expect the number of magazines to go down rapidly. A lot will disappear off the service in the first year, unless this is not their only revenue stream, and perhaps the cost of staying on Apples system is low. Eventually though... if readership does not increase, bye bye News+.
I believe Apple i going to try being the Everything Streaming Service.
Think Internet Cable TV, with bundled content or pick-ur-own (at higher cost) bundles.
They have already made deals to carry content from other streaming services. Why not subscribe from 1 place for all your streaming, at a bundled discount.
iOS will eventually be forced to separate the OS from the Apps. Sure, it will still look and work the same, but the monopolistic and anti-competitive policies will have to change. They can keep their share of the app sales, but they will need to allow any apps to run on their OS of course with-in the limits of general security.
iOS will eventually be just like Windows and MacOS.
Isn't this just Cable TV, but through the internet cable?
Apple wants to replace Comcast, not Netflix.
Make money off of another company's work, much like the App Store right now.
Apple is in a position to increase profits and boost stock price for the shareholders.
Why would apple improve quality? They boost quality ONLY if their shareholders are angry and their stock looses value.
Quality is relative. Is the cable at fault or is it the engineering? Cables cost less then engineers, so maybe quality IS using a better more robust cable. OR Quality is spending that little bit extra on the engineering/quality control to avoid these issues.
The fix is there somewhere, but the huge user base leaves the quality issue for a later time.
Till then, Apple will continue to make mistakes, which probably make them MORE money then they cost to fix. When the mistakes cost MORE (share loses, stake holder pull out), then there will be fixing.
Currently, Apple is using cost cutting to boost revenue. Will that work forever? Nope.
TOM...
At my last workplace I used a 5 year old Dell Inspiron 3000 series laptop. This was in a (fairly nice) trailer on a construction site.
After i left, it was given to someone else. Most likely it will be used until the hard drive screws up, and they will replace it with a new laptop. Hopefully, just as reliable.
TOM...
For Apple, services is the future, so the more locked in, the better monopoly they have on services, the better they will do.
While Spotify is an APP, it is also a competing service to Apple Music. This is sort of like the anti-trust cases against Microsoft for 'bundling' Internet Explrorer and other 'default' apps into Windows while making it difficult to change the Defaults.
Eventually, iOS will be seen like the desktop, with applications a separate layer from the OS itself. Once that future court case is done, Apple won't be able to 'special' select it's own apps to be the only apps that work.
>5) Sick of cables and losing wireless mics for talking on your phone? Now wear an apple badge and live like it's Star Trek... It is a nice big white Apple logo so everybody can see you are an Apple user.
You can already get Star Trek badge bluetooth devices.
It has an authentic chirps when you get a call, touch it to answer and live in the future!
Yes. Services is the future of Apple revenue. They've said it already, many times, the focus is shifting to services.
The ship has sailed on hardware sales. It is a problem for everyone.
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You will love it when Apple makes a folding phone.
Good times!
-T-
The same was said of Large Screen phones and then again for Bezel-less phones, yet here we are with big bezel-less phones. Even Apple agreed it was a thing.
Folding phones will be a thing in the near future. Pointless to fight progress.
-T-
There are a lot of settings and procedures on the iPhone that most users do not know about.
I'm sometimes surprised that iPhone owners know how to use their iPhone at all.
-T-
Apple has to make money. I believe 'User First' is more like 'Investor First'
Google is built on Advertising dollars, so to expect Apple to avoid those dollars is just crazy.
Apple market evaluation has little to do with how much money they make, and has more to do with investor confidence. Apple's core products are selling less, and eventually that will lead to lower incomes from core products. That leads to lower investor confidence.
Apple is looking to diversify and build services. Part of that will definitely be more tracking and more advertising.
Apple needs to replace sagging iPhone sales with Services. It is their only way forward.
-T-
'Open' or 'Closed' what does it matter?
If Apple would like to replace a real OS with their iOS on all their devices, and if Apple would prefer to be the 'standard' OS that everyone uses, what you have there is Microsoft Windows.
It can be argued that, as we move away from Desktop OSs, (and the statistics show this is true-ish) we see 2 dominant players in iOS and Android.
That is a market monopoly. iOS must and will become separate from the Applications that run on it. iOS will be like any other Operating System and it won't matter what apps you run on it, as long as you want/need that app.
It is NOT a walled-garden, with whatever 'protections' that currently provides Apple, it is an OS that can run Application Software. Eventually, that is were it has to go.
I mean Imagine if Microsoft started asking 30% from the application developers for every install instance of every piece of software that is installed on Windows. Gees, there would be torches and pitchforks outside MS HQ.
-T-
Microsoft was mostly responsible for the affordable PC market.
This did not stop antitrust investigations from changing the way they did things in Windows. Microsoft was prevented from 'bundling' their apps and making it hard for anything else to be a default. Apple barely lets anything replace it's own apps as default.
The problem is, iOS and the Apple APP store are and will become separate entities, much like Windows OS and the apps that run on it are completely separate entities, mostly since day 1.
Any and ALL apps should be allowed to run on iOS, within reason of course. Apple should have LESS control of which apps can run on their OS and eventually, through the courts, this will happen, because it is inevitable.
If Microsoft decided that it would pick and choose which 'apps' will run on WindowsOS, there would be plenty of law suits and Microsoft would LOSE.
The Walled Garden is and will always be a monopoly. With Apples push into the Service market, they may voluntarily loosen their grip on the App Store and shift the onus of 'safety' to the end user.
-T-
This is a North American trend. In the US, wagons and hatchbacks are not popular at all. Now, it's the sedans turn to loose ground, and in the worlds largest markets, we see companies abandoning the Sedan. Ford is SUV only. Chrysler sells 3 sedans, some Mini-Vans and mostly SUVs. Even GM is shedding some of it's sedans in the coming years.
In Europe, wagons, hatchbacks and sedans were the king, but even their it appears that Small SUV's are helping sink Sedan sales.
Of course the biggest automotive like is the Crossover/Small SUV. Mainly a tiny SEDAN with lifted suspension and a hatchback/wagon body. Most Small SUVs have LESS space inside then proper sedan hatchbacks and they automakers find more profit in the small SUV.
It's like people only see the tallness of the small SUV and think there is safety and space. Neither of which is true.
Many years ago, the 2 door sports car died. SUV's ruled supreme and the MiniVan was everywhere. There was a market backlash as gas prices went up and up and SUV's where both gas guzzlers and terrible to drive. Mini-Vans have always been terrible. The sports cars are probably a Fad though.
Desktops are here to stay. Market is still huge even if it is falling. Even with 'cloud' based computing, you still need some form operating system and you need big latency free internet pipes. Sure, performance won't be that much a factor, except for CAD and Hi-Rez media editing, in which case you need a proper local operating system and software.
-T-
Photoshop CC isn't available yet, and at first it will not be a full feature set.
Also, good luck opening and running a hi-rez 500MB to 1GB image file on a iPad.
Even some modern PC's are slow with those large files sizes.
I have my doubts Photoshop CC on iPad will be the desktop experience.
Conglomerated news subscription services fail everywhere.
I don't see News+ being that important a year from now. Maybe it will just be rolled into the overall subscription.
-T-
Canada had at least two mutli-magazine/newspaper subscription services. They did not survive, because not enough people reads newspaper and magazines on tablets and cellphones.
If content producers are paid based on the amount of time their content is consumed, expect the number of magazines to go down rapidly. A lot will disappear off the service in the first year, unless this is not their only revenue stream, and perhaps the cost of staying on Apples system is low. Eventually though... if readership does not increase, bye bye News+.
-T-
I believe Apple i going to try being the Everything Streaming Service.
Think Internet Cable TV, with bundled content or pick-ur-own (at higher cost) bundles.
They have already made deals to carry content from other streaming services. Why not subscribe from 1 place for all your streaming, at a bundled discount.
-T-
iOS will eventually be forced to separate the OS from the Apps. Sure, it will still look and work the same, but the monopolistic and anti-competitive policies will have to change. They can keep their share of the app sales, but they will need to allow any apps to run on their OS of course with-in the limits of general security.
iOS will eventually be just like Windows and MacOS.
It's only a matter of time.
-T-
Isn't this the Cable TV strategy?
Apple seems to be looking at replacing Comcast, not Netflix.
With all the "Cable" cutting, the missing piece would seem to be an online version of Cable TV.
The question is, why would we be running into Apples ever loving arms for TV Bundles?!
I think most of Apples user base either never knew Cable TV or have forgotten about it.
$100/Mth for 8 streaming services? Add in few pic and choose TV station streams for $1.99? Or TV Stations Bundles for $10?!!
This could indeed be a killer product for Apple.
-T-
Isn't this just Cable TV, but through the internet cable? Apple wants to replace Comcast, not Netflix. Make money off of another company's work, much like the App Store right now.
Apple is in a position to increase profits and boost stock price for the shareholders. Why would apple improve quality? They boost quality ONLY if their shareholders are angry and their stock looses value. Quality is relative. Is the cable at fault or is it the engineering? Cables cost less then engineers, so maybe quality IS using a better more robust cable. OR Quality is spending that little bit extra on the engineering/quality control to avoid these issues. The fix is there somewhere, but the huge user base leaves the quality issue for a later time. Till then, Apple will continue to make mistakes, which probably make them MORE money then they cost to fix. When the mistakes cost MORE (share loses, stake holder pull out), then there will be fixing. Currently, Apple is using cost cutting to boost revenue. Will that work forever? Nope. TOM...
At my last workplace I used a 5 year old Dell Inspiron 3000 series laptop. This was in a (fairly nice) trailer on a construction site. After i left, it was given to someone else. Most likely it will be used until the hard drive screws up, and they will replace it with a new laptop. Hopefully, just as reliable. TOM...
For Apple, services is the future, so the more locked in, the better monopoly they have on services, the better they will do. While Spotify is an APP, it is also a competing service to Apple Music. This is sort of like the anti-trust cases against Microsoft for 'bundling' Internet Explrorer and other 'default' apps into Windows while making it difficult to change the Defaults. Eventually, iOS will be seen like the desktop, with applications a separate layer from the OS itself. Once that future court case is done, Apple won't be able to 'special' select it's own apps to be the only apps that work.
I am sure someone reminded Cook not to use the word 'Magical'
>5) Sick of cables and losing wireless mics for talking on your phone? Now wear an apple badge and live like it's Star Trek... It is a nice big white Apple logo so everybody can see you are an Apple user. You can already get Star Trek badge bluetooth devices. It has an authentic chirps when you get a call, touch it to answer and live in the future!
Yes. Services is the future of Apple revenue. They've said it already, many times, the focus is shifting to services. The ship has sailed on hardware sales. It is a problem for everyone.