Publishers and iPads: half a decade on

My predictions for the relationship between magazine publishers and iPads five years ago:

• Companies will seize on the magazine-like form factor and the “book replication” iBooks interface to build what are, in effect, straight replications of print titles on the platform
• They will add the sort of “interactive” extra elements that made CD-ROMs such a compelling experience back in the 90s (please note: that was sarcasm).
• Readers will try them out, find the experience unfulfilling, and return to just using the web via the browser on the device.
• As HTML5 takes off, the web experience will accelerate away from the print one, leaving all but the most innovative, up-market print titles on the steady spiral into oblivion.

I was almost completely correct. And it feels really shitty.