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pinaceae on June 13, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Only Apple

because this is about competing eco-systems and if you make your living writing software that runs in those eco-systems ("apps"), the health and capabilities of said systems is critical.

iOS/OSX vs. Android/Chrome vs. Windows8/WP8

if you're just a consumer, then yes, not so interesting, but then this whole forum might not be for you.

markdown on June 14, 2014 [–]

Completely understandable.

My point isn't so much that the subject matter is relevant; just that his conclusions are obvious and have been for ages.

Put another way, did reading his essay cause you to change your mind about what you should be working on?

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