Chapter 792 Wait a minute, there are conditions
Even though Jobs agreed so readily, in fact, if it weren't for Xiao Qi's dreampad and dreampad app store, Jobs would have simply asked Xiao Qi to "getout!"
The iPhone can be said to be Jobs’ lifeblood, allowing him to exchange his lifeblood for it. You can imagine how important the tablet computer’s patents and Dreampad app store are to him.
The tablet computer patent is okay, Apple can just bite the bullet and buy some from everywhere, and then form a mutually restrictive exchange form with Fairy Company.
But the dreampad app store is different, it is the only one in the world.
Apple's strategists have calculated that if Apple wanted to launch a similar iPhone app store (application store) now, it would take at least two years and US$5 billion to reach the current Dreampad app store.
Half the level.
Attention!
It is half the level of the current Dreampad App Store, which means that two years later, compared with the Dreampad App Store at that time, I am afraid it will not be comparable to even 20%, let alone 50%.
no way.
The advantage of first impression is too great.
Now almost 60% of outstanding electronic software companies have all entered the Dreampad app store, and the remaining 40% are also gearing up to make a name for themselves in it.
Apple would like to recruit them, but Dreampad is already on the market. You can collect money as soon as you enter the Dreampad app store, and the number of customers there is very large, exceeding the 10 million mark. Some software companies that entered first, some
He has earned tens of millions of dollars, and the crowd effect and wealth effect have emerged, attracting more and more companies and people.
Although everyone is optimistic about the iPhone, it is a step too late after all, and there is no way to compare with the money made by others in the Dreampad app store.
Starting in December, Apple began to contact some software and game application companies, and some of them valued Apple's exquisite products and prepared to join in.
But now seeing that the Dreampad app store is making more and more money, some people can no longer sit still. A dozen companies took advantage of the fact that the contract with Apple has not yet taken effect, and after losing hundreds of thousands of dollars, they defected to the Dreampad app.
The embrace of stores, and this trend has become more and more obvious recently.
The Dreampad App Store signed an exclusive agreement, and there are only so many electronic software companies and engineers in the world. The Dreampad App Store, which has the crowd effect and wealth effect, is invincible.
If Apple wants to catch up with it, it will be difficult for Apple to do so on its own.
Jobs knew this very well from the beginning, so he has been thinking about how to grab the Dreampad app store and turn it into his own cornucopia.
As a result, the solution has not yet been figured out, but now Samsung has joined in. Suddenly, Jobs felt that it seemed that the power of a triangle alliance would be even greater if it was added together!
Google bought Android, which has been researching smart systems, and the Android system derived from Linux is destined to not be chargeable in the future. In this way, the smart era is likely to continue the original war on computers, chips, etc.
: Free and paid, open and closed, are like enemies. You can’t run away anywhere.
Jobs had suffered enough from Microsoft's Windows before. Although he proudly insisted on his closed system, this did not mean that he was arrogant and believed that if he insisted on 100% system independence in mobile phones, he would also have victory.
Open system opportunities.
If he has an iPhone app store, then he has the confidence.
The problem is that Steve Jobs didn't have it.
Therefore, if the Android system develops an open software and game platform, the iPhone will be defeated - because the iPhone has no other functions except the mobile Internet function. No matter how good and dazzling the machine is, it has no actual functions.
Support, that is also a scumbag.
Fortunately, the dreampad app store is also independent and not open to the outside world.
If Apple joins in, it will be relatively independent and will not affect the iPhone's software and system independence.
Jobs could accept this, which is why he made the proposal to join the Dreampad app store a formal consideration.
Therefore, the only person who could make Jobs bow his head was Xiao Qi, the Dreampad app store who stole his idea. Moreover, Xiao Qi also had to thank the group of people who drove Jobs away before. Without the lessons they taught, Jobs would be where he is today.
They will never learn what "necessary compromise" means.
"I have another question." Jobs said to Xiao Qi: "Now Fairy, Samsung, and Apple are sharing the Dreampad app store. Are you going to let new companies join in in the future?"
"If there is no big accident, I won't join again." Xiao Qi shook his head and said: "Three companies are already the minimum. If there are more, it will be difficult to deal with."
"You don't want to make more money?" Jobs asked.
"They won't let me make this money." Xiao Qi said calmly: "The nature of the Android system determines their future free software trend. There are many free software developers, and pirated and imitated software will also
Quite a few!”
Jobs hated this kind of pirated things the most. He gritted his teeth and said, "Humph! These bastards know how to plagiarize! They should all be sent to prison!"
Xiao Qi felt ashamed, coughed slightly and said: "By the way, Stephen, if you want to get the right to share, you must agree to an additional condition, otherwise I will not agree to Apple joining."
Jobs' eyes were sharp, but he finally endured it and said in a depressed tone: "Mr. Xiao, what else do you need?"
"This condition has nothing to do with money. It's a condition I put forward personally." Xiao Qi pointed at him: "Is there something wrong with your pancreas? If there is no effective treatment within a year, I will
If Apple is kicked out, you can set up your own app store!"
"What!?"
For the first time, Jobs was truly surprised.
Chapter completed!