Comments on: Is Apple tying all media to its proprietary iPhone platform?

By: Tardis

Tardis — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:20:57 +0000

Daniel,

Congratulations! You are now linked to by the Fake Steve Jobs! The Other Dan also refers to you as “our good friend”.

http://www.fakesteve.net/2009/09/borg-lapdog-says-you-should-choose.html

Whatever did you do to deserve this?

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By: cy_starkman

cy_starkman — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:48:42 +0000

@Tinytim09

Perhaps, as you have so eloquently demonstrated it is just a simple failure to grasp language and writing that is holding back the complaints from the Windows Enthusiasts. ; p

By: tinytim09

tinytim09 — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:59:56 +0000

“I haven’t yet heard Windows Enthusiasts complaining that iPhone apps are proprietary, but give them some time and they might figure it out.”

Because nobody cares. Us windows enthusiats already have a full lists of cos about the iPhone. Thank you very much :)

By: Dorotea

Dorotea — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:12:29 +0000

@DearDeveloper. I hate politics here… even that from Daniel… but its his house – can’t criticize the host.

The first line of your initial post was political – not needed to discuss the blog.

Didn’t like the former white house resident but didn’t call him a liar here either. So would appreciate that accusations of liar be applied to tech pundits and leave politics out — especially when the blog was not political.

By: deardeveloper

deardeveloper — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:52:47 +0000

@Dorotea

A TROLL? Looking back through the comments, I see that it must have been my comments that caused you to want to call me that name. Wow. I wish that we could meet in person over lunch or something, because I’m really a nice guy with a sweet wife and precious little daughters that I love very much.

But truly, I don’t bare any hard feeling toward you. It’s that darn inter-webs that makes it easy to say such things.

@Daniel Erin
You choose to discuss both technology and/or politics in your blogs. I’ve come to agree that it’s appropriate because it’s your blog and you can do what you want with it. You also have chosen to open up comments for all and you don’t have a rule limiting the topic. BTW, I applaud you for being a liberal who doesn’t censor opposition. ;-) But, do you find it inappropriate to comment on the small political sections of your blog?

By: Dorotea

Dorotea — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:05:21 +0000

Damn. The political TROLLS are back.

By: Per

Per — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:10:27 +0000

@deardeveloper

I agree totally. Leo Laporte seems to be spending most of his energy proving to the Windows Enthusiasts that he’s not an Apple fanboy. After his endless tirade against Snow Leopard I felt like canceling my subscription. What also bothers me is that on FLOSS weekly, Windows Weekly (with Thurrot himself), TWIT, MacBreak Weekly, he seems to have different opinions depending on who’s listening.

By: imtherealmike

imtherealmike — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:43:56 +0000

For me apple need to move apple TV to the iphone platform. This would allow them to make great in roads in the living room giving consumers a rich media experience at home, and like with the ipod touch take on the games consoles by stealth.

By tying all the apps to cocoa they get apps tied to the entire apple ecosystem. But interestingly Apple aren’t doing this by force as others have in the past. They are just making it the route of least resistance, therefor allowing developers the maximum return on investment. If as a developer you can write an app which has a 50 m and growing portable market…then with the click of a button you get to the living room though apple TV take 3, then on the mac once they become more touch aware. This shows the power of a single OS strategy.

A little off topic but…
I remember Ninteno showing off a demo game many years ago. ( I think it was the gameboy advanced and the N64) You could use the GBA as a controller for the N64 but on this game when you fell off the screen on the N64 you appeared on the screen of the GBA. Having the ability to write games that are both on your ATV and Ipod/phone could be very cool.