Re: Does technology make us ungrateful?
Those hacks were necessary when it was only BlackBerry vs Apple. Android has only recently been accepted as a viable competitor in the last 2 years. I’m only going by personal experience and from what I’ve read online, but I think that people who like to tinker with their phones, people who are more tech savvy, are migrating over to android. Why bother jail breaking and voiding your warranty when someone else will give you equal or better hardware and software?
I disagree with android not motivating people. You can find incredible custom ROMs for Android. Not simply apps, but entire modifications to the operating system. That’s an unprecedented level of control, certainly something RIM and Apple are not willing to allow. That said, Apple certainly has tech savvy users. I just think the majority of Apple’s users are casual users, hence their enormous success. The reason Apple sells so well is that they appeal to the common user, and they appeal to the common user by making their platform secure and solid. No bugs or hiccups, the same (or similar) experience year after year, but also no freedom to modify and multitask.