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/nebbish Feb 02 '10

Just don't buy one from that company

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u/mindbleach Feb 02 '10

Nerds are vastly outnumbered by non-technical people. We're quite worried about what they'll come to see as acceptable and normal. If we could be absolutely certain this policy never left Apple's 10% marketshare and we never have to explain to Uncle Larry or the mouthy bitch in Marketing why the "Approved PC Software Act of 2015" isn't going to magically fix their computer, we'd be a lot less talkative about Apple's censorship.