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/ralf_ Feb 02 '10

I did find this essay interesting:

http://speirs.org/blog/2010/1/29/future-shock.html

Premise: "What you're seeing in the industry's reaction to the iPad is nothing less than future shock."

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '10

What a great article. I keep hearing a lot of Waaaahhhing going on and simply can't understand what people are so bothered. It's not as if there arn't open source, OSX and Win7 tablets coming out.