This is a really interesting topic for me because of Apple’s roots.\u00c2\u00a0 Apple wasn’t a platform play in the beginning.\u00c2\u00a0 Remember once they initially kicked out Steve Jobs, all the analysts said they had to license their OS and copy Microsoft.\u00c2\u00a0 Compete head to head with them and that’s the only way Apple can survive.\u00c2\u00a0 Apple did that and they failed.<\/p>\n
Steve Jobs came back in, bought their licenses back and basically did the opposite of a platform strategy and won.\u00c2\u00a0 This is what defines Apple.\u00c2\u00a0 This is why I always believed that platform economics were secondary to quality of the user experience for Steve Jobs.\u00c2\u00a0 So when you ask me if it’s the quantity of apps that makes the iPhone important, I say no, because Steve Jobs won against the platform by not competing for it, and I believe he built the iPhone so that it would succeed even if it didn’t become the dominant phone platform.<\/p>\n
Niche apps are what make the iPhone special and, in my opinion, still the best general-purpose device.<\/p>\n
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This is a really interesting topic for me because of Apple’s roots.\u00c2\u00a0 Apple wasn’t a platform play in the beginning.\u00c2\u00a0 Remember once they initially kicked out Steve Jobs, all the analysts said they had to license their OS and copy Microsoft.\u00c2\u00a0 Compete head to head with them and that’s the only way Apple can survive.\u00c2\u00a0 … Continue reading iPhone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s App Store and the important of the quantity of apps<\/span>