Is the spat between Apple and Adobe going to help or hurt web designers and developers?

I think this will be like everything else in the technology world that changes.  Each company thinks their product is the bomb, and when someone comes along with something new and exciting it only makes the competition work harder to change their product.  Just like with cell phones each of the companies have their different brands that they use.  I think they need to start asking the consumers what they think and what they want instead of just doing what they think is best.  Going back to the cell phones, maybe 5 years ago the phones were heavier duty, didn’t break as easy, had simple functions if you wanted something more complicated you could upgrade to it.  But the phone itself worked in any area.  I still struggle with phones that don’t work in certain areas when my previous one did.  They are so focused on making the bells and whistles they forget what the original product was designed to do.  This is what is going on with Adobe and Apple as well, sure they will come up with things that are great, but is the product still what it was designed for not always.  This is where consumers need to make their voices heard.  Tell these companies what we want.  Don’t go out and buy the newest version, because it has all this “new” stuff added to it.  See it before you purchase it so you know if it really is any better.  There are advantages to competition, but there are shortcomings too.  This little battle is like so many others, and they all have their pro’s and con’s.

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