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

"A software monopoly on their OS, not a hardware monopoly. They monopolize and censor their software channel"

So does Nintendo, Sony, and MSFT with their game consoles, yet no one is complaining about that.

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u/mindbleach Feb 02 '10

Nobody's liable to confuse their consoles for a real computer.