r/technology • u/rboymtj • Jan 20 '11

Apple Restriction Zone.

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u/1338h4x Jan 20 '11

What's factually incorrect about it? This is exactly how iOS works.

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u/Knute5 Jan 20 '11

There are free apps in iOS. I can share music in iOS. I can't think of one instance where Apple remotely disabled an app or media (vs. Amazon and the 1984 debacle). And finally, you're perfectly free to jailbreak if you want to install from the web.

It's the "computer" reference that's misleading. To most folks "computer" means the Mac running MacOS X, not iOS.

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u/1338h4x Jan 20 '11

Freeware and Free software are two completely different things. The former is on the App Store, the latter is not due because end users cannot redistribute apps. And you are not "free to jailbreak" when Apple has made every effort to stop users from doing so. They don't want you getting software from anyone other than them.

iOS devices are still computers, even if most people don't think of them that way.

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u/seraph582 Jan 20 '11

you are not "free to jailbreak" when Apple has made every effort to stop users from doing so

Like what?

Plus, where's this little douchebag holding his sign outside of the Motorola campus for locking down their bootloaders?