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In the interests of fairness and balance, DED actually got this right, and with minimal bias. There, I said it. Hey, maybe he's been listening? Nah... gotta be a coincidence.
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Quote: Originally Posted by MacTel Does this affect OSX too? I would believe if iOS is vulnerable then so is OSX. I believe it's been patched already and included in the most recent security update. But I could be wrong...
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mac Voyer Yes, the carriers still make up the difference in contract fees, but they would rather SELL the phones. Apple is still in the business of making and selling premium, high-end devices to end users. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mac_Keeper_Fan_Mod Interesting, how much money does Google make of this tho? None. I saw an Android device, its simply the best phone OS out right now. But from a business prospective Apple still dominates smartphon…
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Quote: Originally Posted by stelligent Hmmm, not sure about that. If market share was the most important factor, why doesn't RIM or Nokia have the largest collection of Apps? I think Apple has shown that ecosystem design is important too, mayb…
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Looks like I spoke too soon. Oh well, one lives in hope.
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A good thread peeps. Congrats to all for the reason demonstrated and lack of irrational rhetoric on all sides. Let there be many more threads like this one. Chopper.
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Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse There you go again with your rather schizophrenic insistence that Mr. Dilger's article defines the boundaries of discussion while in other posts you tell us he's a hack who doesn't know what he's talking abo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse You contradict yourself. First you tell us that Mr. Dilger is full of it, then, you tell us that he defines the boundaries of our conversation. So, which is it? Or are you, as I've suggested, simply here to …
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Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse Well, no, it's still a meaningless number. Bit of hypocrisy, don't you think, to complain of Dilger misrepresenting facts when you do it all the time yourself. How do those sales numbers look this quarter? H…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse Rants would be a kind description. Ah, the insulting one-liner approach. Am I pissing you off anonymouse? It certainly seems like it...
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Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse Well, if there's a semantic play here, it's you hiding behind them. My point stands, regardless of the title of the article. In the context of a discussion related to developers, the important issue is iOS v…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse Which is essentially a meaningless statistic because prior to the period included sales of Android devices were insignificant. It might be considered meaningless if it wasn't for the fact that Android sma…
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Quote: Originally Posted by eldernorm Sorry but the more you rant, the more he sounds balanced and you sound like a hater. Daniel has his own opinions, but he backs them up by referencing reviewable data. Most ranters just say,,, "My toy be…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse Interesting discrepancy here. So, for Android, we count 'devices', but for iOS (that's the platform name) we only count iPhones? Why don't we count iOS 'devices'? We are after all talking about developer iss…
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Quote: Originally Posted by DocNo42 Growth of what? Free downloads? Or revenue? Geeks get hot and bothered over market share numbers and "keeping score". All the developers I know get excited over revenue. Guess which app store is provid…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta This article is about developers and software sales, not hardware sales. Do you need someone to explain the difference between software and hardware? This is the really funny thing about the position you An…
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Quote: Originally Posted by LewysBlackmore Since when do articles by definition HAVE to be balanced?? At what point were the Watergate articles - balanced? Or any other article???? Really? And app signing is only part of the answer - note als…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram Perfectly valid (and I might add, interesting) article. If you don't like articles like these, go somewhere else to get your Apple news. Except it's not an article - "article" would imply balance …
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If Android's 886% growth YTY is one that has suffered from "undermining", one might ask how much growth there would have been without that restriction. Of course, this is vintage Dilger anti-Android in action. But the more he does this, the less …