Exactly. It's like me complaining that my gym doesn't have heavy barbells. Why would they? The vast majority of gym users rock up once a week to go on a crosstrainer (13% of gym memberships are not even used once) and the amount of people seriously committed to training is small.kitekrazy wrote:alexjholland wrote:It's called economics. You think Apple could care less if Steve Jobs' own familly dislike them dropping CD drives? If the music production 'core loyalists' represent enough value, they'll keep them happy. If they think they'll make more money by releasing the next Macbooks with Hannah Montana vinyl stickers and inflatable wheels - guess what they'll do?Thanks for considering the music producers (some of your core loyalists). Thank you for driving some of them to PC based machines.
I do smirk everytime someone makes an 'upset core loyalist' remark, as if shareholders got a report on how happy music producers are instead of a report on their stock value.
It's apparent they don't. It's no different in the PC industry.
Bodybuilders use heavy weights that break the floor and - like producers - whinge about equipment constantly. Who would try to attract them, over people happy to pay for a health club membership they don't use?
By the same measure, why would anyone be surprised that Apple aren't nearly as interested in keeping a small percentage of music producers happy - who scrutinise every update and whinge at anything new or different - when they have millions of middle-class office workers, their famillies and students who will obediently buy a Mac because it looks smart and does basic functions; especially when they find out the new model is slimmer and sexier than ever (probably from a broadsheet newspaper rather than a tech blog), along with the entire plethora of associated shiny official accessories - regardless of user reviews.
I'd love to think Apple wanted to keep me happy. But it's as silly to pretend this is the case; as it is to think they could care less if I bought a Dell next time. Deal with it.
Ableton however, are a far smaller company whose entire userbase are music producers by definition - so there is far more sense in throwing weight around here!
