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Originally Posted by bojan
Big guys are successful not because the product is necessarily good or harmless.. but because the users are dumb (and want to have gadgets, no matter what).
Apart from honourable exceptions... majority like this because it does many things.. in easy way.. so what ?
And do not get me wrong, I am not paranoid person and I have nothing against this product per se... for others..
My problem is it will eventually lessen MY choices.. by pushing other products out of market.
So, it will become the antithesis of what we in the western world want : freedom of choice (like MS managed to do, almost, and still trying)
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Ah, the globalisation debate. Well, this will likely go on for decades or even centuries. It's the way our world works these days I'm afraid. Resource clustering to make things affordable in manufacturing terms. Profit lines to match. Yup. The times we live in.
I also believe that the introduction of this device by Apple will do the opposite to reducing choice - it will spawn a veritable onslaught of similar devices from all manner of other developers. This can only be good for everyone concerned.
I'm not sure that people who like gadgets are "dumb". How does that work?
I think that people like devices like these because of the content they serve. Not everyone is a rocket scientist, and those will appreciate the device for different reasons. After all, the "gadget" itself is just a closed device, and is flat, small and otherwise benign. Nothing much to fiddle with there... even for "smart" people.