troylytle
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I think as easy as it is now to throw your code into a program and have it spit out a port to windows phone, there is no excuse. No real upkeep. Maybe two or three days for fine tuning.
I love me some BlackBerry but I think Chen hit the bong too hard before writing his op-ed.
Though I agree with Chen's broadband net neutrality comments, the comments about discrimination make no sense.
When people make the choice to buy something they discriminate, according to their choice and needs. That's market forces and simply put people buy what they want. And that isn't a BlackBerry or indeed wp - hence the sales figures. The roi isn't there.
The only way to change this is to innovate and create something attractive to consumers. When people begin to become interested the devs flock over. But there has to be roi. IOS has apps that are not on android. But that is closing.
Windows 10 looks and sounds like it's doing the right things to attract devs - universal apps is very enticing. BB hasn't had such luck. Yet.
I'm old enough to remember when msft and palm would have been the ones complaining about a lack of apps, while RIM ruled the roost. BlackBerry dropped the ball. They need to work to make it back. Legislation won't replace innovation and an attractive and compelling ecosystem.
But then there is a reason Chen keeps on stating they are focusing on Enterprise. For now there isn't a great consumer facing business. They are doing great in services. Focusing on that is the right thing to do, as they build the company back up and create something compelling and competitive in the consumer field.
If they don't do that they can't expect anything else. That's the competition.
I think it's crap. Why should developers have to code for every platform with very little return. There are lots of under 1% market share OS: firefoxOS, jolla, tizen(in the future). Who will pay developers for developing for such platforms?
And if I myself develop a phones OS with 1 user (me), could I force app developers to build every app for just my phone?
The more the merrier. Till now i think Twitter is the most brilliant app-maker because they have covered almost all platforms. From Series 30 phones to iPhone. It's funny that app developers don't understand more people will come to a less popular platform and start using their app if their app is available in that platform at the first place. And their user base will grow. Instead of spreading their brand popularity these guys are running behind stagnant platforms which is already out there and are not going to make any big growths. Pity.
In my opinion, public services should all have web apps that work across all platforms. The apps just give additional features that are not possible to do on browsers. That's fair right?
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Do you know what a "public service" is? Apps are not public services
When people make the choice to buy something they discriminate, according to their choice and needs. That's market forces and simply put people buy what they want. And that isn't a BlackBerry or indeed wp - hence the sales figures. The roi isn't there.
Who pays for all this neutrality? Unless Mother Teresa comes back as a dev, nobody else will do it for free. I understand the need for more apps on the smaller platforms. But I also understand the free market system and it's about getting your paper. I haven't seen Nadella, Chen, Page and Cook get up on a stage together and pledge app uniformity for everybody. I'm not trying to be a D, it's just the reality of the situation. We all knew what we were getting into when we bought WP devices, or BlackBerry if that's your platform of choice.