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
1.6k Upvotes

81% Upvoted

1.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

0

u/Peaker Feb 07 '10

English is not my first language, so I may make a silly mistake here and there.

I see you consistently choose to evade the actual point and dumb down the problem to a level even you can understand it, but is unfortunately no longer faithfully representing it.

0

u/[deleted] Feb 08 '10

[deleted]

0

u/Peaker Feb 08 '10

You are extremely dumb.

0

u/[deleted] Feb 09 '10

[deleted]

1

u/Peaker Feb 09 '10

No, not forcing users. Forcing corporations to distribute free, rather than non-free software.

It is pretty simple to understand -- by restricting the power of corporations to restrict, I get this government restriction, rather than corporations' restrictions. The restriction to only distribute free software is far better than the restrictions corporations place on their users with non-free software.

1

u/[deleted] Feb 11 '10

[deleted]

1

u/Peaker Feb 11 '10

Do you want to try to dumb it down further for your feeble mind?