There are some very serious arguments to be made to the effect that Apple's iOS platform has created an effective infrastructure for censorship. This is demonst

There are some very serious arguments to be made to the effect that Apple's iOS platform has created an effective infrastructure for censorship. This is demonstrated most strikingly in my opinion by the adult app purge that sex educator Violet Blue documented (nsfw link: http://www.maclife.com/article/feature/apps_and_men http://www.maclife.com/article/feature/apps_and_men). If you want to understand how censorship can happen, look at what is done with sex. Given that, I don't see it as hyperbolic or insulting to point out the irony in Apple moving from invoking 1984 to attack competitors to building an architecture unprecedented in its capacity for censorship and control. While I don't know if the Xoom ad is that highbrow, the serious argument has been made by others, and it's clear that Motorola is capitalizing on that line of discussion.