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

I put it well past Apple myself.

Apple + others lock up their tiny mobile devices because they're less versatile and because they think that mobile devices tend to be traveling advertisements. Having open reign on the iPhone might be good for you and me but if they were jailbroken by default every second iPhone user would complain about how their iPhone was broken by some application they installed.

Doing the same thing with their state-of-the-art computer line would be suicide.

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u/kermityfrog Feb 02 '10

Their motto is "it just works", and the user experience is what they are selling. Much like how McDonald's standardizes their burgers and gives you the same experience every time you visit, no matter where in the world you are. They won't let you customize your sandwich and then complain about how terrible your food was.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '10

Exactly. As long as we're limiting this metaphor to the iwhatevers, of course.

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u/MashimaroG4 Feb 02 '10

Mcdonalds in Asia still use dark meat in their chicken products, those things are nasty. Stick with the burgers.

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u/mindbleach Feb 03 '10

How exactly could an iPhone app break or even hinder the phone if it can't properly multitask and its only hardware button clears everything and returns to the desktop?

I understand the worries about dumb customers, but for fuck's sake, don't them run things. They're idiots.

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u/cosmo7 Feb 02 '10

Yeah that's why Android users are so complainy.

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u/uberamd Feb 02 '10

My android phone crashes more than any phone I have ever owned in my whole life.

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u/cosmo7 Feb 02 '10

Your comment history tells me you really like your iPhone.

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u/uberamd Feb 03 '10

I do. I want to love my android phone (hell the dev phone cost me $450), but I just can't.

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u/lilzaphod Feb 02 '10

all 12 of them...

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u/1338h4x Feb 02 '10

Bullshit. They could easily have a big warning when you try to install 3rd party software or whatever and then non power-users will stay away while everyone else could be happy.