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Re:Apple is just Microsoft with better marketing by cpr on Friday April 30, 2010 @10:23AM (#1308222)
Only on their "app consoles" (iPhones/iPads/iPod Touches).

The Mac hardware remains as open as Windows.

There's a huge difference, and their behavior with the app consoles is entirely defensible.

The app consoles are not general-purpose computers, and that's a better "experience" for great majority of their users.

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Re:Apple is just Microsoft with better marketing by orangecat on Friday April 30, 2010 @06:33PM (#1309627)
I would agree if Apple had an uncrippled "iPad Pro", but they don't. The future of computing is mobile, and Apple's position is that if you want that, you have to sacrifice control of your own hardware. If that becomes the norm from all hardware providers, it will be very bad for freedom and innovation.
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Re:Apple is just Microsoft with better marketing by Raphael on Saturday May 01, 2010 @06:02AM (#1310369)
Interesting argument. Perhaps developers should be more critical of Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft for their closed gaming platforms.
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