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I imagine your feelings run deep enough re: vendor lock-in that you certainly don't own a PS3, Xbox 360 or Wii, right? If you really don't want to be tied to on
by flyosity 16y ago
I imagine your feelings run deep enough re: vendor lock-in that you certainly don't own a PS3, Xbox 360 or Wii, right? If you really don't want to be tied to one vendor and you're not also thinking about the biggest "locked-in" platforms on the planet then you're being hypocritical.
- SeanDav 16y agoActually I am pleased to admit I do not own a PS3, Xbox 360 or Wii. I play all my games on my PC. Although possibly I am being a bit hypocritical in that I generally use Windows.
- dagw 16y agoThe difference, at least for me is that games and gaming isn't really that important, it's a fun indulgence and not much more. If I can't play a certain game or use a certain controller on my PS3, then, so what. If on the other hand my productivity is hampered by the fact that I can't open a specific document, do a particular task or connect a particular peripheral to something I hope to use as a general purpose computing then that is a real problem. So it's not so much vendor lock-in as such, as vendor lock in that adversely affects me and gets in my way.
- orangecat 16y agoConsoles aren't attempting to replace general purpose PCs, while Apple has made it clear that they expect and want the majority of users to be using an iOS-like platform in the future. Having personal computing devices switch from open by default to closed by default would be a substantial change for the worse.