liquidnw
join:2005-06-05
Bronx, NY
| Re: Amazing said by bear73  :It all comes down to market share. MS is an 8,000 lb gorilla in the theatre. Apple, even just looking at the iPod, does not have a strangle-hold on the market segment. They hold sway- for sure, and led the charge (thank the heavens!) but they are not the only game in town. MS is, for all intents and purposes, the only game in town. Yes, there are alternative OS out there, but the overwhelming majority of software and hardware is Windoze designed and compatible. Linux family software have emulators to run Win proggies, Mac will now run Win variants... its a Windos world. Sound like the typical bs to justify double standard. Apple has just as much as if not more of a strangle hold on digital music. They have a freaking 80% share what else would you call strangle hold? By the way there are alternatives to Windows if some one really whats to get rid of it. Whether you want to run databases to webservers to email servers, etc you don't have to run windows. Outside of gamers there are comparable programs which run on linux.
As far is being locked in, who is more locked in than ipod owners. You can't use a different digital music player with itunes and you can't use your ipod with other digital music stores. So if you really want to switch you would have to buy all your songs/movies over again. Yeah sounds really fair and not monopolistic. I'm sure if it was the "Microsoft IPOD" every one would be screaming bloody murder on that one. |
