dream said:
But the delivery method is old and really doesn't need to exist anymore.
I'd blame this more on content providers being slow to migrate to a more modern delivery vehicle, really.
Well, old maybe; doesn't need to exist anymore is a different story. Remember, companies have invested in tools and technology and people who know how to use them. It's not as simple as flipping a switch in many cases. So again, it doesn't mean it's any less relevent at this point in time and the content it delivers is all new and current content that people want to see.
So we can point the fingers at whoever because they haven't changed or adapted, but regardless of all that, it doesn't change the fact that it's out there and all over the place. We can argue in 5 years maybe nobody will be using it, but 5 years from now, most of us won't be using these phones anymore and probably not the same tablets either, so arguing down the line doesn't seem fitting to me even if Apple's stance has pushed the movement forward. But at that point you're arguing philosophically rather than practicallity.
I know which one gets me the content and which one doesn't though and that is important to me. It's funny how we're supposedly in a "post PC" era yet both Apple tablets and phones force you to go back to a PC today and for the foreseeable future.
