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I think this is a fair comparison. I don't know what the outrage in the other comments is about. The difference with MS in the 90s is of course that if you wanted a desktop computer with commercial software back then you really had no choice but to buy a Windows computer.
When it comes to Apple both developers and consumers have a choice.
Commented Oct 15, 2011 on Serving at the Pleasure of the King at Coding Horror
Serving at the Pleasure of the King
I enjoy my iPhone tremendously; I think it's the most important product Apple has ever created and one they were born to make. As a consumer who has waited far too long for the phone industry to get the swift kick in the ass it so richly deserved, I'm entirely on Apple's side here. But as a so...
I just don't see this as such a big problem as you point out.
I have very few websites where I have a unique username/password. Basically just Google, Facebook and Amazon.
Almost all remaining sites support my Facebook account or OpenID in some other form (posted this comment through my Yahoo! account).
Commented Sep 7, 2011 on Cutting the Gordian Knot of Web Identity at Coding Horror
Cutting the Gordian Knot of Web Identity
Perhaps you've seen this recent XKCD about password choice? It prompted a spirited debate – even on our very own Security Stack Exchange – about the merits of the argument presented there. Now, to be clear, I'm completely on Randall's side here; I'm all for passphrases over passwords, and I...
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