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Apple Mac App Store opens for business
OPEN IS EVIL and control is good could perhaps be the motto of Apple's Mac App Store after CEO Steve Jobs' comments last year about open source.
Today the Mac App Store for OS X went online and it has more than 1,000 free and paid apps, according to the cappuccino company. Fanbois can buy the paid-for apps with their Itunes account. Apple's OS X app store means fanbois' ability to make choices on what software can be installed on their shiny Macs is further diminished. Instead they will simply consume what Saint Steve says they can have.
Developers can have lots of fun abiding by all of the rules imposed on them for selling through the store, which no doubt make it seem like a scary version of Disneyland. Jobs called open source fragmented last year during an investor relations call, so users can expect a continuation of the company's legendary control freakery with its OS X applications e-tailer.
Opening an App Store for Mac computers was the logical next step after Apple's success with similar stores for the Iphone and Ipad. While control is good, let's not forget that the app stores generate massive revenues for the fruit themed toymaker because Jobs' Mob takes a whopping 30 per cent cut from every sale.
The store is available for Snow Leopard users through a software update as part of Mac OS X v10.6.6. The store offers apps in education, games, graphics and design, lifestyle, productivity, utilities and other categories.
For fanbois the Mac OS X App Store is without doubt the final stage in Apple's cradle to grave approach to mindless technology purchasing, and they have learned to love their chains. µ
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Apple did to UNIX in a few short years what the Linux community has failed to do in the last two decades. The INQ seems to be of the beard stroking Linux geek types who only can know a women when the little red light is on.
I like the Apple 'walled Garden'. It keeps out viruses, trojans, and more importantly, the heretics and the 'great unwashed'. The wall is very high, so naturally I can't help looking down and out on, well, basically, the down and outs of the computer world who obsess with specifications, components and upgrades and all that nonsense. My computer just works the way I want it to.
I think Boi's comment was about the Mac OS X platform in general.
You however, it's very clear that your comment is biased (and rubbish) when you talk about "walled gardens".
I personally prefer to be in a "walled garden" rather than being stray dog searching patches for trojans, worms, bad programming, resource hungry software, crashes etc...
I want a computer that just works, I don't give a shit about customization or personalization because I don't like to spend 23 hours per day in front of a computer screen like some kind of an addicted junky.
Apple so far works just fine for me: Open computer, WORK, job done, close computer and no worries. Whether I buy software from Mac app store or anywhere else makes no difference for me.
I heard from a reliable source that some guy cracked Mac App store paid apps DRM. Unlike some fanbois and fangurls out there, he is able to download paid apps without paying for em. Here is the link for that (supposedly working) method http://bit.ly/fVVG9Q << can someone confirm it? Before jobs' mob patches it. It looks like it just involves some file copying.
Boi, you state that you viewed the article to find out about the app store, yet you already seem to know it's a great platform? I do not understand your reasoning behind viewing the article in the first place.
If Steve tells you the platform is great, why go looking for supporting articles? Why bother doing independent research outside of the walled garden about changes within said garden?
Needless to say, I am already quite a fan of the Mac App Store. I wrote down some of my first impressions, and I would super appreciate you checking them out at this link:
http://bit.ly/i8Fn0t
Reading this article, it seems being taken seriously apparently is not among The Inquirer's concerns. The use of the term 'fanbois' is poor enough, but to insinuate that anyone who would possibly use the Mac App store falls into that category is just juvenile. I certainly hope the author was not actually paid to write this, since the same vitriol can be found for free, penned by trolls in the comments section of any tech blog.
This is a well crafted piece of flamebait
The Inquirer missed the I.P.O./buyout bubble now all it can do is bitch about success. This site is a joke.
This article was not a review. It was not news. It was not analysis. Pure flame and link bait.
I can see a button that says "complain about this comment" if I find someones view offensive/wrong but I can't find a button that says complain about this article?? I came here hoping to find out some info on the new app store. All I got was someones very bad biased opinion on a great platform.
The Inquirer's point of view in Apple policies:
First, open a Mac app store Check.
Next step, take over the world In progress...
Final step, kill God, put Steve in charge To be confirmed...
So Apple is a "cappuccino" company, eh? I always thought they were more of a latte company myself. ;-)
I think they meant Cupertino.
Oh, yeah. FIRST!
WOW! Sarcasm, spliced with re-hashed comments from other articles, no true facts, or even a review (how 'bout a screen shot?) NO....we will just bash, bash, bash, and spew wrong info....and get paid for it!
This is poorly written article, but someone that obviously hates apple. Why not talk about the pros and cons, then your opinion?