Thread: Jolla Tablet Refunds (latest developments)
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2015-10-13 , 13:38
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Originally Posted by benny1967 View Post
I'm puzzled, too. I don't want Jolla to build a so-called "cloud" service; the reason they don't have one of their own (which translates to: they cannot try to shove the damn thing down my throat) is a huge plus compared to Apple or Google. It's a part of the freedom I expect.
Absolutely. I don't want them too either but then...

Originally Posted by benny1967 View Post
On the other hand, this freedom includes freedom of choice... And freedom of choice just requires an easy way to plug into all sorts of 3rd party services, no matter if its PIM services (calendar/contacts), chat services and social networks, image sharing services, file backup etc etc etc. ("easy" meaning easy for the developer: the OS should provide generic APIs and UI elements so that nobody needs to re-invent the wheel and everyone can share URLs from the browser or pictures from the gallery via their application.)
Bingo. And that's what I loved about the N9 and N900. You plugged in services not apps and it became a part of the phone. Somewhere along the way that unique experience has been lost.

I appreciate that today some of those companies are even more precious about their APIs than before and Jolla isn't Nokia so their influence or ability to licence is not in the same league but we've enough creative people in the community that could unofficially hack an API if only there was somewhere to plumb it in to. That's the disappointing thing with Sailfish 2.0. We're no closer to what we had in the N9 4 years ago.