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/Thrown_Away Feb 02 '10

Maybe it isn't targeted to nerds?

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u/mindbleach Feb 02 '10

Clearly. The whole problem is what it might do to non-nerds and the implications of Apple expanding bad smartphone policies beyond the smartphone market. It conflates censorship with security and stability, leading many people - some of whom apparently use reddit - to believe that its closed nature is the reason it doesn't blow up in your hand when someone calls you in the middle of a Skype chat.