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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
by cpr 17y ago
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.
- orangecat 17y agoI 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.
- Raphael 17y agoInteresting argument. Perhaps developers should be more critical of Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft for their closed gaming platforms.