Comment Re:lame (Score 1) 236
There's a huge difference between relying on potentially illegal modchipping and having an open platform to begin with, that lets the user choose what to install and use.
There's a huge difference between relying on potentially illegal modchipping and having an open platform to begin with, that lets the user choose what to install and use.
I don't worry about myself, I worry about the majority of internet users in the future, and where this development will take the market.
Just imagine a world where web pages start to get replaced by apps, controlled by apple. That is not a nice picture, but it's where current developments are taking us.
Well, no? OSX is an open computing platform, where you can compile your own binaries and where you are free to use your harware more or less as you see fit.
Also, Apple has never before been in a situation where it starting to become dominant.
Dominance + hardware lockdown is my issue here.
Console?
No, think iPad. Do you think a disassembler or virtualisation software will be allowed to enter the App Store? Me neither.
We are already starting to lose the hardware battle to Apple. Apple owns the hardware, not you. RIAA and MPAA owns the content, not you. Then they can make deals without bothering with pesky details such as customers.
The biggest threat to information freedom today is Apple and the iOS.
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