Re: A good salesman can sell ice water to anyone...
I'm a bit of an anti-fanboy myself. Apple is great at marketing and they make mediocre products at best. Granted their interface is easy to use since they have essentially made their products idiot proof, but that doesn't make them good. This however is not the main focus of my gripe...
"If we limit the ability of anyone else to execute better, then we lose out on tremendous opportunities for others to execute correctly."
This is the biggest problem I have with Apple. They took other people's ideas and (in the general consensus)improved them (this is highly debatable, but should be the subject of a different discussion). Now when someone else takes someone's idea and improves upon it, Apple litigates them into the ground. They are nothing more than hypocrites. Samsung is a perfect example. They made a tablet that is essentially superior to the iPad in every way, but without the Apple branding, and probably would not have even posed significant direct competition. But rather then let the minority enjoy the tablet they want, that was built for them (not for the fanboys), Apple attempts to block them from selling it at all.
What happened to competition in the market place? What happened to letting the consumer choose which product they want? No one in their right mind would ever confuse a Galaxy for an iPad... Period. Most people who want a Galaxy want it because it's not an iPad. That's its major selling point. I find what Apple is doing to be pathetic. Litigation is not innovation, and if its good for the goose it should be good for the gander. Apple makes its living off the backs of those that came first, but when someone improves on their designs all of a sudden they unleash their army of trained lawyers. Its just sad.
I sincerely apologize omitting the word "members" after their acronyms. But aside from the picking of nits, the point is no less valid. The original AC describes the studios and labels accurately. Their business models are predicated on the creative works of others and their granted monopoly to exploit those endeavors. They are parasites and the internet has rendered them obsolete. A business model that must be propped up on the back of legislation that restricts rights and freedoms is not one that can be sustained and will be doomed to failure. All of the lobbying dollars they can muster can't change the inevitable. Either they innovate and adapt or they die. RIP
"What needs to fail are business models predicated on profiting from the work of others. A bunch of self-centers and self-justifying business people getting rich quick off of the backs of others doesn't impress me very much."
I couldn't agree with you more! This is a perfect description of both the MPAA and the RIAA. They are middlemen who create nothing, their distribution channels are obsolete, and their business models are outdated and doomed to failure. I too am tired of them getting rich quick off the backs of the creators. It's nice to see that trolling this site for so long has forced some logic to seep in. Congrats on switching sides to the winning team!
"I'm not sure you understand Apple fanboyism... This is a company that puts out computers that cost $400 more than competitors' computers, and still sells them. (This is from manufacturers, not when building your own.)
There appears to be something that putting the apple logo on it instantly increases the price, without any other aspect being different... Brand Recognition? I'm not an economist, I can't say for sure."
For the true fanboys it goes well beyond Brand Recognition and crosses into the religious fanaticism territory. The BBC did a documentary with some neurological research that indicates that the brains of Apple's fanboys light up the same when when seeing an Apple product as does the brain of a religious person upon seeing the image of their deity.
Apple has literally become the golden calf worshiped by the blissfully ignorant masses. Perhaps Amazon will send Moses down from the mount with a tablet that will smite the false gods and their followers, but other than that, I think its a lost cause trying to explain to the average Joe why their iPad is overrated. I can't find the source, but my favorite description of Apple products is that they are a beautiful garden that can only be viewed after paying the outrageous admission price and then you are trapped behind its razor wire tipped walls and its surrounding army of lawyers riding flying laser armed sharks... or something of that nature.
Unfortunately as long as we can be kept sedated with the Jersey Shore, and the Kardashians, and all the other crap that is passed off by the networks as entertainment or news, not enough people will ever care or even know that this is happening. We live in a time where even the future of the global economy (the recent debt ceiling fiasco) is treated as reality tv. I wonder what the tipping point will actually be before the people decide to take back what's theirs, or will it be too late?
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Re: A good salesman can sell ice water to anyone...
"If we limit the ability of anyone else to execute better, then we lose out on tremendous opportunities for others to execute correctly."
This is the biggest problem I have with Apple. They took other people's ideas and (in the general consensus)improved them (this is highly debatable, but should be the subject of a different discussion). Now when someone else takes someone's idea and improves upon it, Apple litigates them into the ground. They are nothing more than hypocrites. Samsung is a perfect example. They made a tablet that is essentially superior to the iPad in every way, but without the Apple branding, and probably would not have even posed significant direct competition. But rather then let the minority enjoy the tablet they want, that was built for them (not for the fanboys), Apple attempts to block them from selling it at all.
What happened to competition in the market place? What happened to letting the consumer choose which product they want? No one in their right mind would ever confuse a Galaxy for an iPad... Period. Most people who want a Galaxy want it because it's not an iPad. That's its major selling point. I find what Apple is doing to be pathetic. Litigation is not innovation, and if its good for the goose it should be good for the gander. Apple makes its living off the backs of those that came first, but when someone improves on their designs all of a sudden they unleash their army of trained lawyers. Its just sad.
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I couldn't agree with you more! This is a perfect description of both the MPAA and the RIAA. They are middlemen who create nothing, their distribution channels are obsolete, and their business models are outdated and doomed to failure. I too am tired of them getting rich quick off the backs of the creators. It's nice to see that trolling this site for so long has forced some logic to seep in. Congrats on switching sides to the winning team!
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Re: I'm not sure you understand...
There appears to be something that putting the apple logo on it instantly increases the price, without any other aspect being different... Brand Recognition? I'm not an economist, I can't say for sure."
For the true fanboys it goes well beyond Brand Recognition and crosses into the religious fanaticism territory. The BBC did a documentary with some neurological research that indicates that the brains of Apple's fanboys light up the same when when seeing an Apple product as does the brain of a religious person upon seeing the image of their deity.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13416598
Apple has literally become the golden calf worshiped by the blissfully ignorant masses. Perhaps Amazon will send Moses down from the mount with a tablet that will smite the false gods and their followers, but other than that, I think its a lost cause trying to explain to the average Joe why their iPad is overrated. I can't find the source, but my favorite description of Apple products is that they are a beautiful garden that can only be viewed after paying the outrageous admission price and then you are trapped behind its razor wire tipped walls and its surrounding army of lawyers riding flying laser armed sharks... or something of that nature.
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