Some of his examples I don't really agree with. For instance, he argues that Mac OS had much easier discoverability. I have seen many apps where operations are hidden in right click menus that require the user to right click everything to figure out where it is. His arguments that swipes are...
Rich people. All products will refocus to rich people and cost 10000 for a phone to make up for the lack of volume and everyone else will get by on minimum wage welfare and/or die.
I don't think microsoft is that well designed. For instance, there main UI which (I think are called pivots?) is not information dense. You can see maybe 6 items in a grid format with no tabs which unless you change your complete menu structure, doesn't translate well from iOS and android. The...
Except they already have a marketing budget that they would have spent on something if not google. So it is still "free" in the sense that you are trading personal information for the service, but it does not increase costs for other products.