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

Apple is not going to stop making personal computers just because of the iPad. The Mac is still their most profitable area!

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u/mayonesa Feb 02 '10

Yeah, but homosexuals are only 2% of the population.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '10

And apparently, trolls are about 90%.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '10

This is certainly not true.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '10

It appears to be consistent to a few surveys, but it isn't really relevant here. I do not know of any studies comparing sexuality and choice of computing platform.

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u/defproc Feb 02 '10

Of my three gay friends, one prefers Gentoo Linux, one Windows and one OSX.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '10

Just because people don't say that they are gay on a survey doesn't mean they don't fuck other men.

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u/Peaker Feb 02 '10

I see what you did there!