On 5/4/2016 3:31 PM, notbob wrote:
> On 2016-05-04, Nancy Young > wrote:
>
>> Not even a LITTLE weird, if I get the app I can download a
>> book to read on vacation/whatever.
>
> My computer doesn't need an "app". It has "programs".
>
> Why can I get maps on my computer, all day long, but when I try and
> get it on a mobil device, it demands I use an "app", which all too often
> requires more $. I'll tell you why. Hand-helds are nothing but revenue
> generation devices. Buy the device, buy the service, buy he app.
> It's one big revenue genorator. Why in the heck would I spend more money
> on something I already have? Make no sense, at all. 8|
>
> nb
>

Revenue generator? Some of the games a better than printing presses at
the mint for making money.

Never paid for an App. Google maps is free. Only advantage over a
computer is portability.