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The Windows Store Revenue Split

December 7, 2011

Daring Fireball on the Windows Store Revenue Split: Another big difference from Apple. I wonder though, with the various antitrust agreements Microsoft has made around the world, whether they could even consider an Apple-style “if you use our store, all transactions must go through us” policy. John’s on to something. Although Microsoft isn’t subject to the [...]

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Malware, the Mac, and the wolf

May 6, 2011

John Gruber’s delivered a list of previous claims that the Mac is about to succumb to malware real soon now under the title of “Wolf!“ The analogy John’s making is that the pundits should all remember the tale of the boy who cried wolf. But, as my friend Graham pointed out, John’s missing something: at [...]

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Sometimes John Gruber just hits the spot perfectly

April 27, 2011

John Gruber arguing against the silliness that is Henry “Fraud, you say?” Blodget’s latest nonsense: “Keep in mind that Apple’s penalty for losing the PC war in the 1990s is that it is now the most profitable PC maker in the world.” Exactly.

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Nieman Journalism lab responds to John Gruber

March 2, 2011

Nieman Journalism Lab responds to John Gruber’s defence of the 30% Apple subscription take: “But if someone searches for and downloads The New York Times app — after the Times has spent more than a century building up its brand, as the cost of billions of dollars — can it really be said that Apple [...]

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Apple’s quest for massive market share

April 9, 2010

John Gruber has an excellent post up on Apple’s apparent-restriction of cross-platform development tools on the iPhone. I largely agree with him – from Apple’s perspective this makes perfect sense, although it puts a massive spanner in the works for magazine publisers, who love Flash like a brother. But there’s one point that I disagree [...]

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There’s these great cut-down computers, right…

November 21, 2009

Daring Fireball: Maybe Instead of Two Cars, You Just Need a Car and a Bicycle: “The idea of a computer that does a lot less — leaving out even things you consider essential, because you can still do those things on your other, primary computer — is liberating. That’s the opportunity, and that’s the idea [...]

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Daring Fireball on Apple’s Culture of Secrecy

August 3, 2009

Daring Fireball: “Thoughtful criticism. I agree with Anil that Apple has an institutional problem, but I disagree over what it is. I believe that it truly is beneficial for Apple to maintain secrecy regarding future products. The problem is that Apple is secretive about everything — not only does Apple not talk about what they’re [...]

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John Gruber questions NPD figures, just as NPD figures turn against Apple

March 25, 2009

Having seen the NPD report which claimed Apple’s retail market share has dropped, John Gruber takes issue: “It’s never been clear to me why reports like this are reported as fact. NPD doesn’t have some sort of magic access to Apple’s sales numbers, and Apple does not release monthly sales data.” Which is interesting, given [...]

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