Snippet: Three Things That Should Trouble Apple ☇

Guy English has some important points in this article many would initially write off as an anti-Apple piece, and he gets bonus points for mentioning Community and making some very, very good points (via Kyle Baxter):

Fans want to watch their shows. They’ll pay to make that happen. Everything else is mired in entrenched interests. Find a way to make that happen and we’ll all agree that Firefly jumped the shark during it’s season seven…

…There are indications that iTunes as the hub is losing favour. As it should be. iTunes was a terrific app ten years ago, but today, it has absorbed too much functionality that there has to be a rethink…

…Ultimately, the retention of talent will be Apple’s Achilles’ heel.