[opendtv] Re: You can now run Android apps on a Mac or PC with Google Chrome | The Verge
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 08:02:48 -0400
On Apr 6, 2015, at 10:11 PM, Manfredi, Albert E
<albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yes, if you classify Macs as PCs.
What would call them? They are functionally equivalent to PCs running Linux and
Windows, and they can run Linux and Windows.
Why would Apple drop support for a popular browser like Chrome?
For the same reason they don't allow Flash on AppleTV or other iOS. To keep
better control of their Devoted Following. Cross-platform solutions are
terribly threatening.
The reason that Apple (AND Google) chose not to support Flash on their mobile
platforms was the same, and had nothing to do with keeping control of their
respective platforms. The reasons were:
1. Poor performance and battery life;
2. A proprietary platform that often failed to keep up with new hardware
features including hardware acceleration of video codecs;
3. The desire to move on to standards based solutions including h.264, HTTP
Live Streaming, and HTML5.
Contrary to what Bert believes, Apple is very supportive of third
party apps that can run on both Mac OS and iOS.
Pretty funny how Craig interprets facts. It's only when Apple sees a really
obvious benefit, such as allowing MS Office on Macs, that they begrudgingly
allow third party apps. Or like the example of maps, after theirs didn't work
out. Do you really think that Google wanted to NOT allow its maps to run on
iOS, Craig?
How funny. Apple has the most active and prosperous third party developer
community for an OS, with iOS. The Google Play store offers more apps -about
1.3 million versus 1.2 million for iOS - but developers make far more money
with iOS apps - $10 billion in 2014, with a total of $25 billion since the
launch of the App Store.
Apple has always relied on third party apps for Mac OS, with Microsoft Office
and Adobe design studios accounting for a big chunk. By the way, The core
Office apps (with GUI) were designed for the Mac first; I bought Word with my
first Mac in 1984, and Excel when it was introduced in 1985. The Office bundle
was introduced at Comdex in 1988, and really began to dominate with the release
of Windows 3.0 in 1990.
As for Google Maps, it was the native map application for iOS when the iPhone
was launched in 2008, and remained a core pre-installed app until Apple
introduced Maps in September of 2012. Google released the standalone app for
iOS in December of 2012. Apple maps has improved steadily and is now the
dominant Mapping App for iOS. With the introduction of Apple Maps for OS-X in
2013, the tight integration between iOS and OS-X has significantly enhanced its
use.
Google is still the default search engine for iOS, although it is easy to
switch to Bing, Yahoo or DuckDuckGo.
Next thing you know, Craig will claim that it was Adobe that wanted to drop
support for Flash on iOS.
How ridiculous! For a short period of time Adobe tried to address some of the
issues with mobile devices. They gave up in 2011:
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/nov/09/adobe-flash-mobile-dead
Adobe kills mobile Flash, giving Steve Jobs the last laugh
Mobile Flash is being killed off. The plugin that launched a thousand online
forum arguments and a technology standoff between Apple and the format's
creator, Adobe, will no longer be developed for mobile browsers, the company
said in a note that will accompany a financial briefing to analysts.
Instead the company will focus on development around HTML5 technologies,
which enable modern browsers to do essentially the same functions as Flash
did but without relying on Adobe's proprietary technologies, and which can be
implemented across platforms.
You really need to let go of this canard.
Sony also had that general mindset of keeping a closed shop. If being led
around by the nose is okay with you, then this is a good way to promote
bulletproof operation. All depends how much being led around by the nose irks
you, Craig.
Like hundreds of millions of iOS users, we appreciate the quality of the mobile
experience, the curation and general absence of security threats, and the tight
integration across both iOS and Mac OS devices.
For those who feel compelled to mess around under the hood, you can jailbreak
iOS devices, or enjoy the "freedom" and "problems" associated with Windows and
Android.
Regards
Craig
Bert
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