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I'm not trying to be snarky, but has the EFF given the same treatment to the PS3 and Nintendo Wii agreements? Xbox 360? Also, there is a bit of showmanship on
by JunkDNA 17y ago
I'm not trying to be snarky, but has the EFF given the same treatment to the PS3 and Nintendo Wii agreements? Xbox 360?
Also, there is a bit of showmanship on the EFF's part here by going the FOIA route. You have to be able to read the contract before agreeing to it. Anyone (legally) can walk down the path of signing up for the developer account, and then bail when they get to the developer agreement. The reason that "public copies are scarce" is that anyone can go to Apple's website and go through the signup process and decide for themselves if the agreement is to their liking or not.
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- ajross 17y agoI'm only trying to be a little snarky, but if Apple had limited themselves to producing a hand-held gaming console, I suspect folks would be a little less upset. There's a moral difference between locking down a purely entertainment gadget and one that's intended to store and manage most or all of my personal information. And yes, to the extent that consoles are moving out of the "purely entertainment" category, their SDK restrictions are becoming equally troublesome. I think a good argument can be made that this is one of the reasons they're having trouble getting beyond the gaming market, in fact.
- orangecat 17y agoYes, consoles are bad for freedom. But they aren't trying to replace general purpose computers, as Apple is trying to do with the iPhone and iPad.