I like open standards. So much of the dominance of the (supposedly) genius captains of industry was actually built on open standards. Remember the old Mac OS? The one with terrible memory management that would crash all the time? Replaced with a mostly posix compliant open source OS with a pretty GUI slapped on top (OSX/macOS). This was back when apple catered more to middle class creative nerds, BTW.
Later on, Apple once “innovated” my phone into near unusability with one of their iOS updates. Switched to android (also based on open source software) and mostly haven’t looked back. Worse UI but more control and I create less e-waste by buying fewer phones.
So often we’re expected to drink the kool aid that standards compliance will hinder innovation, but just about as often, that innovation ruins more than it fixes; at least from the standpoint of those of us who care about quality more than bells & whistles.
Believe me, I was the biggest Apple fanboy. I shilled for them so much on the internet 1.0 back in the day. I’m typing this on an iPad which I think is a great value proposition. I like MacBooks a lot. But I no longer kid myself that Apple dragging their feet on adopting more open standards is all about innovation.
I’m glad records are based on simple standards that anybody can adhere to. I still get more enjoyment out of them than streaming. When I do stream it’s often with Qobuz via Airplay to a raspberry pi. I’m glad there’s an open source implementation of Airplay (not Apple’s doing) that lets me use Airplay 1 instead of the “innovation” of Airplay 2, so I can actually stream in full CD-quality (mostly. There is still interpolation happening).
…IMO
Later on, Apple once “innovated” my phone into near unusability with one of their iOS updates. Switched to android (also based on open source software) and mostly haven’t looked back. Worse UI but more control and I create less e-waste by buying fewer phones.
So often we’re expected to drink the kool aid that standards compliance will hinder innovation, but just about as often, that innovation ruins more than it fixes; at least from the standpoint of those of us who care about quality more than bells & whistles.
Believe me, I was the biggest Apple fanboy. I shilled for them so much on the internet 1.0 back in the day. I’m typing this on an iPad which I think is a great value proposition. I like MacBooks a lot. But I no longer kid myself that Apple dragging their feet on adopting more open standards is all about innovation.
I’m glad records are based on simple standards that anybody can adhere to. I still get more enjoyment out of them than streaming. When I do stream it’s often with Qobuz via Airplay to a raspberry pi. I’m glad there’s an open source implementation of Airplay (not Apple’s doing) that lets me use Airplay 1 instead of the “innovation” of Airplay 2, so I can actually stream in full CD-quality (mostly. There is still interpolation happening).
…IMO
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