ZsoltBalla.com » pixar http://www.zsoltballa.com Virtual playground of a real-life net junkie Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:58:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Apple is China, Apple is Disney (or what?) http://www.zsoltballa.com/apple-is-china-apple-is-disney-or-what/ http://www.zsoltballa.com/apple-is-china-apple-is-disney-or-what/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 21:02:02 +0000 Zsolt Balla http://www.zsoltballa.com/?p=150 Apple is both like China and like Disneyland, according to internet entrepreneur and journalist Tristan Louis, who has an essay on the subject up on Business Insider.

According to the thought provoking and provocative piece Apple is like China, based on its arguments in the Adobe vs. Apple war, and Apple is like Disney(land) because it tends to provide an ever so steril, ever so clean and shiny, but ever so closed environment for both its users and its developers.

Which is, of course, fine with some 95% of its users, but, unfortunately for Apple, the 5% turns out to be the the loudest part.

We will not judge Apple or Louis, but the article certainly makes an interesting read.

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My Favorite Quote: “I don’t like hard rules at all. I think they’re all bullshit”

Via: Scott Berkun

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