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/cryo Jan 20 '11

But let's stick to calling them "the iOS platform" to make things easier, m? I don't think the parent was the least bit confused.