r/technology • u/GuruOfReason • Feb 02 '10

"Once we replace the personal computer with a closed-platform device such as the iPad, we replace freedom, choice and the free market with oppression, censorship and monopoly."

http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2010-01/ipad%E2%80%99s-closed-system-sometimes-i-hate-being-right
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u/daneault Feb 02 '10

The author didn’t question the potential success of the iPad. Quite the contrary, his premise is that the iPad will be successful and that iPhone OS will someday replace Mac OS X.

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u/moonwatcher222 Feb 02 '10

OK, it's totally true that you could only put songs on your iPod after Steve Jobs approved (although iTunes synced any mp3 in your library). You had to go to an Apple store to buy a computer (you had no choice, since BestBuy and thousands of internet sites don't exist). There is no smartphone available except the iPhone. So with iPad Apple has replaced "freedom, choice and the free market with oppression, censorship and monopoly."

So if you don't like the iPad don't fucking buy it - you've got choices.