They like the way things are going with the xbox and want what apple has with the iphone and ipad. Why doesn’t anyone complain about the iphone and ipad locking people out of choices?
Exactly. I do a lot of work developing business solutions using Excel and VBA. Nothing else will work. Apple's copy of Excel doesn't support VBA.
Why doesn’t anyone complain about the iphone and ipad
locking people out of choices?
People vote with their checkbooks
If you don't like it, don't buy the things
The vast majority of users just want a box that works
Some like to tinker, this is good also,
but the majority don't.
Apple has been a niche player for a long time
They have been very successful at this.
They also, in their boxes,
have been open to other operating systems
The iPad and iPhone are SOC systems
System on Chip
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_A4
so the system is on the chip, and is a hardware feature
"That's an unfair comparison. People like the Apple."
(Early Apple ad)
1. People HAVE complained about it.
2. Apple is much more of a "brand" than Windows is, and users tend to lean more toward what you'd call a "devotee" or a "disciple" than general OS users, most of whom are running MS products. Those people don't complain because their choices have been limited to the only choice most of them would make anyway.
3. That having been said, you're right. We can just view Windows phones as walled gardens (as confining as an iPhone but without the quality) and vote with our feet and dollars. That's what I did when buying my last phone, for example.