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Originally Posted by elipsoid View Post
As much as most of us here do not like it, Jobs is very right about most people buying an i-xxx whatever, wanting it to to work with xxx app without any user interaction, and developers wanting to code for a single instance:

Shiny icon | one click | CC payment >> happy customer; happy Apple; happy developer>>$$

This is apples model - computers are too complex for end users to understand so give them all the bling whilst hiding all the painful interaction- and unfortunately, to the detriment of the intelligence of the human race as a whole, it works.A tighter fit than windows if you will, thats why apple have so much market share. A simple, intuitive and static way for arty hipsters to interact with a complex, evolving and dynamic system; i-way or the highway?

I happen to know a lot of people personally that will sacrifice functionality over convenience. Call mpe troll, but Jobs may be mostly right
He is. That's the reason iPhone is successful. I go to my friends and boast about what N900 can do, hardware, linux.... He doesnt get it - too complicated for him. You can't impress any end user with N900, but a developer yes. Apple is right about closed os too, I did many wrong reflashes on my itouch but it still runs fine, it's almost impossible to brick. Everyone is interested about hacking iPhones, although they are closed, when maemo sitting open and right in front of everyone failes to get attention
 

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