>Yes, that's why you can't get on the internet except through AOL any more.
I don't see any justification for your sarcasm.
It might not be called AOL today, but between FB and Google you have a even more widespread and far reaching modern equivalent. Add Youtube, Android, Google Fiber and Glass to the mix and the control and information gathered is even more than what was there to AOL's wildest dreams.
And between Google Search and Gmail, it's even less easy to switch to than from AOL. AOL was all disanvatages, whereas Google Search is best of class, as is Gmail. People are even afraid to leave FB (you see it all the time, even on HN threads) because of peer pressure and the effect on their social life. Leaving AOL never had that.
>What nonsense.
iTunes Store, Mac App Store, Windows Phone Store, Google Play Store, console software, etc etc. So called "post-PC" devices like the iPad have adopted the walled garden approach, that's not something to be argued, it's a fact.
Do you have any counter-examples, or just wanted to insult my response with the content-less reply of "nonsense"?
You're really equating apples with oranges with 'it might not be called AOL today...' All of your arguments are conclusory instead of evidence based, eg 'people are afraid to leave FB' - really? Afraid? Bullshit. Facebook has utility for them; if something of similar convenience and greater utility comes along, they'll use it.
iTunes Store, Mac App Store, Windows Phone Store, Google Play Store, console software, etc etc. So called "post-PC" devices like the iPad have adopted the walled garden approach, that's not something to be argued, it's a fact.
Do you have any counter-examples, or just wanted to insult my response with the content-less reply of "nonsense"?
Yeas, but your claim was that this is a new thing. Go back and look at home computers in the 1980s or networking hardware in the 90s. Walled gardens have been around for ages: it was the basis of the AT&T monopoly that existed until the 70s (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walled_garden_(technology)) and used to be the norm in the motion picture industry at one time before antitrust actions forced the studios to divest their theater holdings.
Really, it's up to you to back up your own claims, not up to me to falsify them. You have a bad habit of drawing your conclusion first and then looking for evidence to support it. I personally find it helpful to begin by assuming I'm wrong and trying to falsify my hypothesis.
I don't see any justification for your sarcasm.
It might not be called AOL today, but between FB and Google you have a even more widespread and far reaching modern equivalent. Add Youtube, Android, Google Fiber and Glass to the mix and the control and information gathered is even more than what was there to AOL's wildest dreams.
And between Google Search and Gmail, it's even less easy to switch to than from AOL. AOL was all disanvatages, whereas Google Search is best of class, as is Gmail. People are even afraid to leave FB (you see it all the time, even on HN threads) because of peer pressure and the effect on their social life. Leaving AOL never had that.
>What nonsense.
iTunes Store, Mac App Store, Windows Phone Store, Google Play Store, console software, etc etc. So called "post-PC" devices like the iPad have adopted the walled garden approach, that's not something to be argued, it's a fact.
Do you have any counter-examples, or just wanted to insult my response with the content-less reply of "nonsense"?