Tuesday, April 03, 2007

More Apple/EMI DRM Comment

John Gruber this morning, in response to an article by Bill Thompson of the BBC:

When you’re wrong, just admit it. It’s easy, and it adds, not detracts, to your credibility.

Gruber also links to this note by David Weiss making the point I was working toward yesterday so much more elegantly and succinctly.. I really need to get my writing chops back...

Apple has decided that the enormous moat it has in DRM is not as valuable as making customers feel unlimited by their technology....

So what of Buffet’s moats and competitive advantage analysis? I think it
still holds, it’s just that Apple’s sustainable competitive advantage is their
deep trust in the inherent value of their products and the experiences they
provide. Almost no one has that these days.

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