Posted by
glen ropella on
Feb 13, 2014; 6:37pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/NTY-Buy-Apple-gadgets-use-Google-services-buy-media-from-Amazon-tp7584915p7584916.html
I would have (and do, actually) suggested the inverse: Don't buy Apple.
Don't use Google services. And by Yog, never ever buy anything from
Amazon. Survival is intimately linked to _not_ depending on these giant
abusive landmarks of homogeny/mediocrity ... I think. ;-)
But then, you're not talking about survival. You're talking about the
persistence of consumerist tendencies through very mild changes in
infrastructure. Perhaps "survival" is a euphemism?
On 02/12/2014 08:03 PM, Owen Densmore wrote:
> I came across this tweet advice on how to survive the next wave of tech
> extinction:
>
> Advice for NYT readers: Buy Apple gadgets, use Google services, buy media
> from Amazon<
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/13/technology/personaltech/how-to-survive-the-next-wave-of-technology-extinction.html>
> .
>
>
> Interesting if only they are jumping on the "digital ecology" bandwagon
> we've discussed here often.
>
> But looking at my ecology: I buy Macs. I primarily use Google services:
> mail, hangouts, calendar, groups, ... And looking at our TV and our now
> completely digital music, we mainly use Amazon. I was going to say they
> missed Dropbox as a 4th, but then Doh! .. DB is an Amazon S3/EC2 service.
>
> Its not always easy. Getting iTunes and Amazon finally is OK. Getting
> Google Calendar, Mail and Contacts to integrate with OSX is harder.
>
> Amazon seems to be the easiest: they make apps for integrating with
> everything, always with a web-app fallback. And even my somewhat aging TV
> and new TiVo have direct to Amazon capabilities.
>
> The real shock was when TiVo and the TV decided to have wireless remotes
> that worked on the iPhone. Ditto for our Apple TV box.
>
> What a triangle: Apple, Google, Amazon. But it's true. And the best
> defense is diversity. How very complex!
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⇒⇐ glen
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