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The birth and death of a really useful application in one day.
Recently The iPhone App Store released a new app called Netshare that was supposed to allow users to share their iPhone’s EDGE or 3G Internet connection with their computers. The thing never even lived long enough to grow zits and shop for acne skin care products, It was yanked from the apps store a mere two hours after it appeared.
It’s amazing how much Apple insists on cutting it’s own business throat. Their constant insistance that third party stuff is verboten has no doubt cost them billions over the years and will almost certainly be a big part of their eventual downfall.
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I am always impressed how many people feel qualified to predict Apple’s ‘downfall’ and are brave enough to give business advice to a company that
- is worth more than Hewlett Packard and
- has as much money in the bank as Microsoft
- and the highest P/E of all the big computer companies.
It was Michael Dell who famously advised Apple to “shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.” – Now his company has only a third Apple’s market cap.
Other than that, have people at all considered that it may be down to AT&T rather than Apple that Netshare was pulled from the App Store?
Is it not likely that the decision was based on rather complex issues and that it may be wise to reserve judgment until the dust has settled, rather than appearing foolish by issuing a rash verdict?
Granted, it may well be AT&T that pulled it.
As for the decision being based on complex issues? I doubt it. I think it was based on profit potentials.