(Warning: slightly OT 'philosophical digression'!)
Quote:
Originally Posted by martinot
Usually everything gets better with a newer device....But that is not always the case, even if it usually are.
|
ABSOLUTELY!
I see this everywhere - even in APPS.
For eg I've seen developers (act in bad faith, I feel) by TAKING AWAY features in apps, usually by stealth.
It's always useful to be realistic and realise: the manufacturers are NOT in the game to make a better device. They are in it to make profits.
So for example: manufacturers often CHOOSE to spread all the various good features amongst their models, so people are forced to choose a device based on MOST of what they want, not all.
You might get A B and C, but you will miss out on D and E.
Also, they will deliberately withhold features that they COULD incorporate now, then add them later so you feel you should buy again/upgrade.**
So for example I bet Kobo could make a near-PERFECT e-reader (for most people), but they do things like:
- put a poor battery in the Sage even though surely they understand batteries by now
- put a substandard power button and lighting on the Forma
- provide the Libra with a very small amount of storage for today's device standards
etc
I bet they could make something that combined everything great - but companies so often prefer to either spread the good qualities among a few devices instead of incorporating them into one, or withhold features.
Only rarely does a company have the guts, confidence, integrity and smarts to go all out and attempt to dominate the market with a piece of art - something like the (earlier?) iPads for example?
_________________________________________
** Frankly, this is what has made me somewhat angry about the Libra: I bought it, found a few weeks later that 6 GB wasn't enough, and then a few weeks after that Kobo brought out the 32 GB version that WOULD have served me. I PERSONALLY feel this is a bit 'bad faith' because storage has been cheap enough for awhile that they COULD have offered 32 GB from the start