iPhone is out of touch with "Web 2.0"

Nicolas Carr points out that Steve Jobs and his iPhone,

[...] couldn’t possibly be more out of touch with today’s Web 2.0 ethos, which is all about grand platforms, open systems, egalitarianism, and the erasing of the boundary between producer and consumer. Like the iPod, the iPhone is a little fortress ruled over by King Steve. It’s as self-contained as a hammer. It’s a happening staged for an elite of one. The rest of us are free to gain admission by purchasing a ticket for $500, but we’re required to remain in our seats at all times while the show is in progress. User-generated content? Hah! We’re not even allowed to change the damn battery. In Jobs’s world, users are users, creators are creators, and never the twain shall meet.

As with many things, to build a great or remarkable product, you need some sort of x factor that is just not going to emerge from the wise and blessed masses. Huh?

0 comments | Jan 12, 00:06 | by Tim Bednar business web2

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