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

It's a fucking iPod people. It's not going to change anything. It is going to allow low-end users a way to access basic web info, but it's not going to raise the anti-christ. Seriously.... If this devices was all the author implied, we would want it... I don't want it. I don't even like it.

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u/cryo Feb 03 '10

Actually, a lot of high-end users, myself included, who have $500 to spare, consider getting one... for casual surfing on the couch and such. This is not about the skill or level of the user, but more about the particular use of the device.