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Re:You know, Google, the web already had this feature by josteink on Friday April 12, 2013 @08:30AM (#5538047)
> And how is Apple waging war against openness?

Lawsuits against competitors kicking their ass using open platforms? That and making their every single a move a walled garden you have to use with no other options.

I see you mention WebKit as an open alibi, but that's a poor example. It was forked from an open project and thus they were forced to leave it open. These days though it's not even being maintained in a way which suits the definition of open in any useful way.

Holding the key to the source and at the same time having a committing policy which says its "OK" to break it on all platforms not yours with others needing your permission to fix things doesn't really paint a nice picture of you as a advocate of openness.

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Re:You know, Google, the web already had this feature by superuser2 on Saturday April 13, 2013 @03:00PM (#5544231)
> That and making their every single a move a walled garden you have to use with no other options.

OSX runs whatever you want it to. If you are referring to code-signing, keep in mind that Android requires you to explicitly allow unsigned apps as well.

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