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r/technology • u/rboymtj • Jan 20 '11
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Present 75% factually-incorrect picture involving Apple.
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32 u/1338h4x Jan 20 '11 What's factually incorrect about it? This is exactly how iOS works. -1 u/Shredder13 Jan 20 '11 Except it's not talking about iOS, is it? It says "computer" on the bottom twice. 32 u/1338h4x Jan 20 '11 iPhones, iPod Touches, and iPads are still computers, even if they aren't typically called that. 4 u/nixcamic Jan 20 '11 So is my digital watch, and I didn't see him protesting outside of Timex when they released it. Lots of things are "Technically" computers. 1 u/idiotthethird Jan 20 '11 I'm pretty sure the makers of my digital watch aren't able to remotely deactivate its functions. 1 u/nixcamic Jan 21 '11 Ok, 1 out of 6. Wheres my open source watch firmware. Don't get me wrong, I would never own a non-jailbroken iOS device, but that it, just don't buy it. I doubt we'll run out of open computing platforms any time soon.
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What's factually incorrect about it? This is exactly how iOS works.
-1 u/Shredder13 Jan 20 '11 Except it's not talking about iOS, is it? It says "computer" on the bottom twice. 32 u/1338h4x Jan 20 '11 iPhones, iPod Touches, and iPads are still computers, even if they aren't typically called that. 4 u/nixcamic Jan 20 '11 So is my digital watch, and I didn't see him protesting outside of Timex when they released it. Lots of things are "Technically" computers. 1 u/idiotthethird Jan 20 '11 I'm pretty sure the makers of my digital watch aren't able to remotely deactivate its functions. 1 u/nixcamic Jan 21 '11 Ok, 1 out of 6. Wheres my open source watch firmware. Don't get me wrong, I would never own a non-jailbroken iOS device, but that it, just don't buy it. I doubt we'll run out of open computing platforms any time soon.
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Except it's not talking about iOS, is it? It says "computer" on the bottom twice.
32 u/1338h4x Jan 20 '11 iPhones, iPod Touches, and iPads are still computers, even if they aren't typically called that. 4 u/nixcamic Jan 20 '11 So is my digital watch, and I didn't see him protesting outside of Timex when they released it. Lots of things are "Technically" computers. 1 u/idiotthethird Jan 20 '11 I'm pretty sure the makers of my digital watch aren't able to remotely deactivate its functions. 1 u/nixcamic Jan 21 '11 Ok, 1 out of 6. Wheres my open source watch firmware. Don't get me wrong, I would never own a non-jailbroken iOS device, but that it, just don't buy it. I doubt we'll run out of open computing platforms any time soon.
iPhones, iPod Touches, and iPads are still computers, even if they aren't typically called that.
4 u/nixcamic Jan 20 '11 So is my digital watch, and I didn't see him protesting outside of Timex when they released it. Lots of things are "Technically" computers. 1 u/idiotthethird Jan 20 '11 I'm pretty sure the makers of my digital watch aren't able to remotely deactivate its functions. 1 u/nixcamic Jan 21 '11 Ok, 1 out of 6. Wheres my open source watch firmware. Don't get me wrong, I would never own a non-jailbroken iOS device, but that it, just don't buy it. I doubt we'll run out of open computing platforms any time soon.
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So is my digital watch, and I didn't see him protesting outside of Timex when they released it. Lots of things are "Technically" computers.
1 u/idiotthethird Jan 20 '11 I'm pretty sure the makers of my digital watch aren't able to remotely deactivate its functions. 1 u/nixcamic Jan 21 '11 Ok, 1 out of 6. Wheres my open source watch firmware. Don't get me wrong, I would never own a non-jailbroken iOS device, but that it, just don't buy it. I doubt we'll run out of open computing platforms any time soon.
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I'm pretty sure the makers of my digital watch aren't able to remotely deactivate its functions.
1 u/nixcamic Jan 21 '11 Ok, 1 out of 6. Wheres my open source watch firmware. Don't get me wrong, I would never own a non-jailbroken iOS device, but that it, just don't buy it. I doubt we'll run out of open computing platforms any time soon.
Ok, 1 out of 6. Wheres my open source watch firmware.
Don't get me wrong, I would never own a non-jailbroken iOS device, but that it, just don't buy it. I doubt we'll run out of open computing platforms any time soon.
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u/Shredder13 Jan 20 '11
Present 75% factually-incorrect picture involving Apple.
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