Apple have constantly been able to amaze customers with their products. But is that all changing? First, the iPhone 4 had the antenna issue, then all the complaints about Final Cut Pro X. And now, some customers are feeling like Mac OSX Lion was a bit over hyped.
As an Apple customer, I am obviously concerned about these issues. I am waiting before upgrading to Lion, and these problems are making me think twice about buying Apple products. The new Mac App Store helps us see what people think of the products that Apple are releasing. I was having a browse around the store and noticed that “Motion 5″ has had a few negative comments posted about it: features removed without warning; unhelpful user interface changes. All these comments suggest that Apple could be losing their touch of creating great products and are getting out of touch with the consumers.
Another problem with Apple is because they are so used to being the underdog with other bigger companies ruling the markets, now they are becoming more popular and ruling some markets, it seems as though they are going a little crazy with power. For example, anything that is sold on an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch will have to give 30% of the revenue to Apple. And with the Mac App Store, it seems as though this could be hitting desktops very soon, too. They are wanting complete control over a market. And why can they do this?
Because of multi-touch.
The technology Apple bought, patented and prevent anyone else from using. All other touch screens are inferior to Apple’s. And this is a problem.
In my opinion, Apple are slowing down innovation by taking 30% of the revenue (meaning less money goes to the developers – you know, the people who actually build the apps and create the content) and by locking other people out of the best technologies, for example multi-touch, with patents and expensive legal support. Nobody can compete with that.
