Re:Why I've Said Goodbye to Mobile in Favor of PC
by dsturnbull2049 on Tuesday August 12, 2014 @01:56AM
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Sure, it's not as free as platforms in niche markets. I don't have access to much of the equipment I own, but I don't care about a lot of that. My phone falls into that category.
Anyway, it's all about relative freedom. The 30% tax is not the 5% royalty of yesteryear.
$100 to push to the App Store is not the $30k to licence developer kits of 10 years ago.
A market of hundreds of millions is significantly higher than anything ever seen before.
iOS' ecosystem is experience rapid Glasnost. Android's is tightening up. Both are immensely more free than anything else, historically and presently. This is a question you have to look at over time.
How is this not exciting, and at the same time, completely compatible with the existing and unthreatened harder-core PC market?
I think the OP's problem is we're living in a dark age of gaming, much like the Atari bust in the mid 80s. New ideas will arrive and fix the gaming aspect of this.
Anyway, it's all about relative freedom. The 30% tax is not the 5% royalty of yesteryear.
$100 to push to the App Store is not the $30k to licence developer kits of 10 years ago.
A market of hundreds of millions is significantly higher than anything ever seen before.
The level of censorship that ecosystem owners exert is much, MUCH lower than before e.g. http://www.jjmccullough.com/Nintendo.php
iOS' ecosystem is experience rapid Glasnost. Android's is tightening up. Both are immensely more free than anything else, historically and presently. This is a question you have to look at over time.
How is this not exciting, and at the same time, completely compatible with the existing and unthreatened harder-core PC market?
I think the OP's problem is we're living in a dark age of gaming, much like the Atari bust in the mid 80s. New ideas will arrive and fix the gaming aspect of this.