Re:Apple should make MobileMe free
by jasonlbaptiste on Sunday May 09, 2010 @05:29PM
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here's my hunch on this:
making mobileme free would increase the usage exponentially. I don't even know how big it would be, but it would be big. if you go back two years you will remember that apple had a huge problem with mobileme at first. it's just not their core competency and something they want to deal with. when they are ready, they will make it free and do a damn good job of it.
they may also make this free to completely and utterly fuck with google apps (consumer side).
the cash doesnt matter. the revenues from mobileme are minuscule.
Re:Apple should make MobileMe free
by zrail on Sunday May 09, 2010 @05:46PM
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Agreed. Other than the iTunes store(s), Apple doesn't have a very good reputation with rolling out network services. Especially free-to-use ones like the notification api.
making mobileme free would increase the usage exponentially. I don't even know how big it would be, but it would be big. if you go back two years you will remember that apple had a huge problem with mobileme at first. it's just not their core competency and something they want to deal with. when they are ready, they will make it free and do a damn good job of it.
they may also make this free to completely and utterly fuck with google apps (consumer side).
the cash doesnt matter. the revenues from mobileme are minuscule.