I was struck by something that I read on Twitter a few minutes ago, and quickly realized that any reply I wanted to make would take more than 140 characters. What I read was “I want Google to make their GPS app an Android exclusive, stick it to Apple for GVMobile. iPhone users can spend $200 for TomTom app/cradle.”
Longer than 140: My first thought was that you’ve got to be pretty self-absorbed to wish ill on millions of iPhone users just because you’re unhappy about the Google Voice/Apple situation. You can live without Google Voice on your iPhone while a deal gets worked out. Then I thought that maybe that’s a little unfair… I know I’ve had similar feelings about companies and didn’t consider the existing user base. Plus, I’m not in the best mood this morning, so maybe I’m being a little uncharitable. So, I’ll leave it at this: in twenty years, when Google is the only thing left standing in the internet and telecommunications fields, we’ll look back and realize that maybe Apple standing up to Google wasn’t such a bad idea after all. We’ll say to each other, “remember when Google was a search engine and they didn’t control every aspect of our digital lives?”
I know it’s fashionable to bash Apple this year, but it’s starting to get old.
Spread it around!
