Comments on: On Macs; and Futurama’s Return to Glory http://www.en-dash.com/blog/2006/06/23/on-macs-and-futuramas-return-to-glory/ Time Makes Fools of Us All Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:04:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Time Makes Fools of Us All http://www.en-dash.com/blog/2006/06/23/on-macs-and-futuramas-return-to-glory/comment-page-1/#comment-10140 Time Makes Fools of Us All Fri, 11 Aug 2006 14:49:59 +0000 http://www.en-dash.com/blog/?p=227#comment-10140 [...] The sad part, of course, is that the iPod is by far the best player on the market. The problems I listed above are drops in the bucket compared to the significant deficiencies of everything else on the market–abysmal user interfaces, buggy and crash-prone operating systems, proprietary song-transfer programs and/or connection wires, ugly or garish design, etc. But many of these deficiencies are Apple’s fault (not that I blame them for trying to maximize their iPod sales)–they’ve patented the clickwheel, they’ve created a pretty sweet monopoly limiting iTunes Store users to iPods (and limiting iPod users to the iTunes Store*), and they’ve been astonishingly successful at commodifying individuality such that millions of people feel cool and unique for buying the same thing as everyone else. [...] [...] The sad part, of course, is that the iPod is by far the best player on the market. The problems I listed above are drops in the bucket compared to the significant deficiencies of everything else on the market–abysmal user interfaces, buggy and crash-prone operating systems, proprietary song-transfer programs and/or connection wires, ugly or garish design, etc. But many of these deficiencies are Apple’s fault (not that I blame them for trying to maximize their iPod sales)–they’ve patented the clickwheel, they’ve created a pretty sweet monopoly limiting iTunes Store users to iPods (and limiting iPod users to the iTunes Store*), and they’ve been astonishingly successful at commodifying individuality such that millions of people feel cool and unique for buying the same thing as everyone else. [...]

]]> By: Jake http://www.en-dash.com/blog/2006/06/23/on-macs-and-futuramas-return-to-glory/comment-page-1/#comment-8850 Jake Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:30:08 +0000 http://www.en-dash.com/blog/?p=227#comment-8850 Say, Fletch, you don't happen to have a Mac, do you? And I think I made pretty clear that the color thing is not the problem, but rather indicative of a larger issue. Say, Fletch, you don’t happen to have a Mac, do you?

And I think I made pretty clear that the color thing is not the problem, but rather indicative of a larger issue.

]]> By: Fletch http://www.en-dash.com/blog/2006/06/23/on-macs-and-futuramas-return-to-glory/comment-page-1/#comment-8849 Fletch Mon, 26 Jun 2006 02:57:59 +0000 http://www.en-dash.com/blog/?p=227#comment-8849 I've known you for a long time, but that may be the shallowest argument ever. Because it only comes in 2 colors? What, do you need it in silver to match your stainless steel coutertops? I’ve known you for a long time, but that may be the shallowest argument ever. Because it only comes in 2 colors? What, do you need it in silver to match your stainless steel coutertops?

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