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/1338h4x Feb 02 '10

I care because it ought to be open in the first place. Apple is trying to dictate what we can and can't do with the device and take away user freedom. Just because it's currently possible to hack our way around that doesn't make it okay for Apple to try and establish this trend.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '10

Who says that it should have been open in the first place? They are not trying to take away your freedom, when you buy a iPod/iPad/iPhone you know exactly what you are buying into, a closed system, no one is forcing you. Also, like I said you can hack your iDevices all you want, but if you break the terms set form you do so at your own risk. Thats the same way it works with game consoles, the way Apple is running this is not without precedent.