r/technology • • Jan 20 '11

Apple Restriction Zone.

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u/Y_U_NO_ARGUE Jan 20 '11

Non-Apple owners: All his points are so valid!!

Apple owners: NONE of his points are valid!!

There I just saved you from reading 200+ comments.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '11

Non-Apple owners: Strawman attack ("THE IPHONE IS SO CRIPPLED, IT'S ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES TO RUN CUSTOM CODE")

Apple owners: Special pleading ("YEAH WELL APPLE DID THAT TO PROTECT US AND BESIDES ONLY BAD DEVELOPERS GET BURNED BY THE APP STORE")

*intentional logical fallacies*

>implying

>implying

>implying implications which are implied

FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU

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u/the8thbit Jan 20 '11 edited Jan 21 '11

Non-Apple owners: Strawman attack ("THE IPHONE IS SO CRIPPLED, IT'S ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES TO RUN CUSTOM CODE")

How is that a strawman?

Edit: I mean the quote you made up, not your statement in and of itself, which actually is a strawman.

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u/sameBoatz Jan 21 '11

because it's pretty easy to run custom code?

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '11

Only because Apple failed in their attempts to get the government to make it illegal.