Comments on: App Store… Monopoly Or Sour Grapes? http://www.geardiary.com/2009/07/16/app-store-monopoly-or-sour-grapes/ Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bluemonqhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/07/16/app-store-monopoly-or-sour-grapes/#comment-47091 bluemonq Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:26:20 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=38128#comment-47091 Remember folks, a monopoly is not illegal. *Abusing* monopoly status is. Remember folks, a monopoly is not illegal. *Abusing* monopoly status is.

]]> By: Dan Cohenhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/07/16/app-store-monopoly-or-sour-grapes/#comment-47081 Dan Cohen Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:40:54 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=38128#comment-47081 yeah, this was one of those articles I read with my head shaking the entire time yeah, this was one of those articles I read with my head shaking the entire time

]]> By: jkj1962http://www.geardiary.com/2009/07/16/app-store-monopoly-or-sour-grapes/#comment-47080 jkj1962 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:35:10 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=38128#comment-47080 Monopoly? Ridiculous. If the iPhone was the only phone you could get on AT&T? Still ridiculous. Too many other carriers, too many other phones. I understand Apple's desire to "control" the apps that can or can not be installed on an iPhone. The more control they have, the less likely an ill-behaved apps will crash the phone. They are simply trying to provide the best customer experience possible. It seems they're doing a pretty good job of it. Granted, Apple's approval process seems to be broken, but I suspect part of the problem is the sheer volume of submissions for approval. Everyone and their brother, sister, uncle, aunt and third-cousin twice-removed is writing iPhone apps. This is no different to RIM's Blackberry App Store, or Nokia's, or other planned "App Stores". Monopoly? Ridiculous. If the iPhone was the only phone you could get on AT&T? Still ridiculous. Too many other carriers, too many other phones.

I understand Apple’s desire to “control” the apps that can or can not be installed on an iPhone. The more control they have, the less likely an ill-behaved apps will crash the phone. They are simply trying to provide the best customer experience possible. It seems they’re doing a pretty good job of it.

Granted, Apple’s approval process seems to be broken, but I suspect part of the problem is the sheer volume of submissions for approval. Everyone and their brother, sister, uncle, aunt and third-cousin twice-removed is writing iPhone apps.

This is no different to RIM’s Blackberry App Store, or Nokia’s, or other planned “App Stores”.

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