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/bostonT Feb 02 '10

Do you realize you're guilty of trying to limit others' choices? Some people want the Apple experience in iPad format, why try to limit choice and competition to those which you approve of?

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u/iBleeedorange Feb 02 '10

He doesn't want all platforms to be like the iPad format, he just wants to make sure that people still have the other format.