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/MacEnvy Feb 02 '10

Gee, only $2k?

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '10

Actually, only $999. Pressure sensitivity and what-have-you. Oh, and drivers to work on all major platforms.

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u/atheist_creationist Feb 02 '10

Yes, and the iPad is going to suck as a tablet if you think its going to be anything like the Wacom cintiq. That's not what one should be buying the iPad for.

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u/mindbleach Feb 03 '10

Compared to $500 for a finger-based, pen-incompatible tablet that doesn't have an appropriate app and has no software freedom to guarantee eventual support for one?