Jul
30
Has Apple Stopped Thinking Different?
I can’t help being an Apple fangirl, but I CAN help being an Apple fan whore.
I was drawn to Apple because Apple thinks different. They flew the pirate flag to represent moving in a direction other than mainstream. When Apple launched the iPhone, I lined up to buy it. When they improved it, I lined up again. Right now for me, though, Apple is starting to appear way more interested in profit than consumers. How else can I understand the disdain for Google Voice? I’m now looking into other phones, and I’m not happy about that. I really love the iPhone, but if Apple is going to stifle innovation, I’m not willing to love that. Again, they flew the pirate flag. That means something to me. But now it seems like they’ve abandoned thinking different and now just think like IBM did.
Congrats Apple, you’re building market share! You’re not standing for what matters. What matters is the user experience, and in technology, the user experience is always going to be represented by the pirate flag. Apparently Cupertino has lowered the flag and left us with all the fellows in their ties singing the corporate song. So sad.