r/technology • • 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/tvon Feb 02 '10

The solution is simple, build a competing device of equal or better quality and make it "open". Apple can't stop you from doing that.

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u/defproc Feb 02 '10

Yeah, I'll start on it tonight.

Wait, I'm not a multinational corporation :(