12-01-2010, 04:54 PM
That's because nobody else has a closed eco-system when it comes to things you can buy and what you can use them on.
e.g., Motorola makes a phone that uses Droid but Droid is not limited for use by only Motorola.
So if someone else makes a better phone that uses Droid, then the Droid fan can switch to the better phone.
If someone makes a better phone that uses iPhone software....well that would never happen. Because Apple doesn't allow it. Outside of China, anyway.
It's always "Apple vs the world", which is an interesting position for Apple and has probably kept them alive all these years, but as a consumer, it has never appealed to me. It would be like Apple coming out with a remote control car that only runs on Apple batteries. I don't care how cool it is; I'm not sure I want to be tied to one producer of batteries for the life of the product. I'd rather buy some other car that just runs on regular 9volt batteries that I can get anywhere.
e.g., Motorola makes a phone that uses Droid but Droid is not limited for use by only Motorola.
So if someone else makes a better phone that uses Droid, then the Droid fan can switch to the better phone.
If someone makes a better phone that uses iPhone software....well that would never happen. Because Apple doesn't allow it. Outside of China, anyway.
It's always "Apple vs the world", which is an interesting position for Apple and has probably kept them alive all these years, but as a consumer, it has never appealed to me. It would be like Apple coming out with a remote control car that only runs on Apple batteries. I don't care how cool it is; I'm not sure I want to be tied to one producer of batteries for the life of the product. I'd rather buy some other car that just runs on regular 9volt batteries that I can get anywhere.