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Originally Posted by Hollylane
I'm actually considering moving away from Apple products, they seem to have too much control over what I do or see on my Iproducts. I want things that are compatible with all of the ever changing world of electronic doodads...Apple seems to only like its own products. Just my experience.
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This is really interesting and something I have been talking with a couple of other friends about too. It seems more and more like we (electronics consumers) are being coerced into choosing whole eco-systems instead of ala carte some of this and that.
Like Hollylane mentions,
Apple is really setting up a closed loop of products and proprietary services. OS
specific apps, co-ordinating through
their cloud, even
special connections instead of standards like USB and the like. All to work on
their hardware exclusively.
I also see this happening with
Google. The Android OS couples with that specific hardware and
their apps and
their cloud service (Gdrive) and
their special browser, Chrome, tablet, etc.
Now
Amazon with
their readers, tablets, club membership (prime). They have
their own cloud storage, music and video stores,
subscription items,
exclusive deals with content interaction providers.
I think that for now and a while to come, this is what it is. Yes, alot of this can be blended, I use all three cloud services as well as both Safari and Chrome browsers, and have been using a Roku streaming box because I can get both Netflix and Amazon streaming, I am going to migrate to and apple tv because they have decided to play nice with those two
and I can use it to put whatever is on my laptop to a bigger screen, like iTunes U lectures.
But yes, we seem to have to choose what eco system to buy into for now. I am going for Apple for creation and computing, although I use a lot of Google software, and Amazon for consumption, kindle reader and if I decide on a tablet it will likely be a Fire.
It is a strange place for this to land and I think consumers will eventually drive it to a point of better compatibility. I hope it is soon.