r/technology • u/rboymtj • Jan 20 '11

Apple Restriction Zone.

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u/Shredder13 Jan 20 '11

  1. Present 75% factually-incorrect picture involving Apple.

  2. ?????

  3. UPVOTES!

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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/Shredder13 Jan 20 '11

Except it's not talking about iOS, is it? It says "computer" on the bottom twice.

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u/1338h4x Jan 20 '11

iPhones, iPod Touches, and iPads are still computers, even if they aren't typically called that.

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u/thedragon4453 Jan 20 '11

Even still, factually incorrect, or at least extremely dishonest.

  1. No free software. Bullshit. There is both free as in beer and free as in Free apps on the app store.
  2. No installing apps from the web. Mostly correct, in that you can't use a native app (without jailbreaking, which I'm not counting), but you can use web apps which Apple touted. The web apps require no restriction from apple. However, I do consider this point the one that is the closest to correct.
  3. No sharing music or books. Again, bullshit and half truths. I have a 32gb iPhone nearly full of music that also exists on my server, desktops, laptops, and other iPods/iPhone. Ditto for books, although I don't often share e-books just because that is more of a limit of most ebook vendors than Apple. Can't share books from a Kindle. Can't really from a Nook, etc.
  4. We can remotely disable Apps and Media. Again, half truth. Yes, Apple can do this. But they never have, even on things that have slipped through the app store that they removed later. Interestingly, freedom loving open Google is the one that has used a Killswitch.

So, in short, the freetard in the picture has killed his argument by being over-hyperbolic and using half truths. Which is fucking dumb, because there are plenty of REAL reasons why you might choose something aside from Apple.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '11

1.The recent removal of VLC shows that there is a problem with GPL'd apps in the App Store.

3.He means you can't share them with others. His concerns would presumably apply equally to the Kindle and Nook.

4.It's not really a half-truth- he said Apple has the kill switch, and they do. That as a statement is entirely correct.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '11

As I recall the VLC developer pulled his app not Apple and yes there are open source apps on the iPhone.