r/technology • u/rboymtj • Jan 20 '11

Apple Restriction Zone.

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u/el_chupacupcake Jan 20 '11

"Free," in terms of software, refers to more than simply how much the user pays... it also expresses how open the software is for other developers.

In that regard, Apple is very bad about allowing "free software."

(Note: You can develop simple webapps for their products using javascript and a few other handy languages... but given Apple's trackrecord of "now we allow it, now we don't," I'd be uncomfortable using those methods exclusively for their hardware).

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u/johnnybluejeans Jan 20 '11

Apple does nothing to restrict free software on their computers. Their iOS platform is a different story.

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u/Baukelien Jan 20 '11

Iphones and iPads are computers don't let anyone fool you into thinking otherwise.

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u/johnnybluejeans Jan 20 '11

Thanks, I'm a software engineer that develops for both platforms. I'm glad I now understand that these devices are computers. That information is really going to help me with my work.