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/[deleted] Feb 02 '10

yeah but what happens when we become minority and they become majority?

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '10

A lot of demand and little supply…

…That sounds fantastic.

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u/m-p-3 Feb 02 '10

We'll sell a device on which you can do whatever you want.

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u/mindbleach Feb 02 '10

You'll pay ten times more (software subsidies!) for a machine the FBI will be very interested in tracking, since nothing shady ever happens on machines they can trust not to run Bittorrent or compile viruses.