https://shiv.me/tags/jason-calacanis/ Recent content in Jason Calacanis on Shivanand Velmurugan — Product leader. Systems thinker. Hugo en © Shivanand Velmurugan Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://shiv.me/posts/2009/jason-the-case-against-apple-in-five-parts-3/ Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://shiv.me/posts/2009/jason-the-case-against-apple-in-five-parts-3/ <p>Hi Jason,</p> <p>I was writing a post very much on the same lines, when I read your mail. I&rsquo;m on my 3rd ipod, 1st iphone and 2nd MBP (one which I ordered just last week). I don&rsquo;t think I can in the right mind buy another iphone or ipod for the amount of control that apple gets.</p> <p>1. Absolutely. This is a no-brainer, that I&rsquo;m frankly surprised that Steve Jobs does not see?! Well not really. Apple has always been a closed company. I was under the impression that Apple was a *hardware* company. This behaviour of blocking other applications from talking to Apple products is not only insane, and unfair to the consumer, it quite frankly against the interest of Apple shareholders. I&rsquo;m pretty sure that having more ways to access data on Apple devices will have a direct impact on the sales of those products. Any product manager or marketeer who has desgined/sold electronics products will see the sense in this.</p>