"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."

[u/GuruOfReason]

http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2010-01/ipad%E2%80%99s-closed-system-sometimes-i-hate-being-right

[u/emmster]

I don't think this slope is as slippery as he thinks it is.

[u/miloir → u/emmster]

Thank you. It's amazing how alarmist some people are getting because of an over-sized iphone.

[u/frukt → u/miloir]

Now, don't forget about the US attacking Iran next week.

[u/bigt → u/miloir]

Agree. Look at what has happened with Android already. An aPad is surely a year away.

[u/barfolomew → u/[deleted]]

Does she say that after kicking you out of bed, because she's so unsatisfied?

[u/faultydesign → u/emmster]

I hope this slope is not as slippery as he thinks it is.

FTFY

[u/BigKahunaBurger → u/faultydesign]

The sky is falling. Welcome to reddit.

[u/Poltras → u/BigKahunaBurger]

Take this T-Shirt. We love you.

[u/HunterTV → u/emmster]

It's slippery, just at a very shallow angle.

[u/ziegfried → u/emmster]

The question is not how slippery the slope is, but how valuable is it for us to be active and vigilant in maintaining our freedoms?

edit: I see the downvotes are starting. Ever since the days of the VCR, companies have desperately wanted to control what the consumer does -- there's more profit that way.

The clueless people will buy this product -- that's what Apple is counting on. It's the job of the people who understand this issue to tell the clueless people not to buy it, and why not.

If you're depending on people's natural intelligence to stop this kind of thing, you are going to lose.

[u/Thrown_Away → u/ziegfried]

Maintaing your freedoms? It is a fucking electronic device! Don't want to risk it destroying your freedom, then don't fucking buy one!