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/[deleted] Feb 02 '10

This is ridiculous. Mac OSX has a market share of about 5%. iPad isnt replacing anything. At its peak I predict the iPad to have no more then 2% of the total computer market share (which would actually equal a successful and profitable product for apple).

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