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Or, it’s an extremely obvious immediate parallel

• refulgentis 6y ago
  that bizarrely didn't appear till last week, which is odd. Before that it was 'appliance'. But I'll accept the downvotes for the churlish tone
  • scarface74 6y ago
    You really haven’t been around here long. I’ve been making the argument for months with the downvotes to prove it.
  • chipotle_coyote 6y ago
    I was describing the iPad as an "app console" back in 2010 (https://tracks.ranea.org/post/1432038656/geek-luddites https://tracks.ranea.org/post/1432038656/geek-luddites). It's not at all impossible Gruber read my blog post on that back then, in fact, as it was linked around a few places. I think you're getting a bit hung up on the language -- "appliance" and "console" are trying to communicate basically the same thing, e.g., a device which on a technical level could absolutely be a general purpose computing platform but has been restricted from that by design.
  • misnome 6y ago
    I haven’t read Gruber in years and the literal first thing I thought when the “they don’t let other people use their platform” argument was made is “Why would this not apply to any other platform, <think of another highly locked down platform> like consoles!” And even assuming the antitrust/monopoly argument holds, is there some barely-known exception to “general devices only”? I’d love it if I could load my own stuff onto consoles, but don’t see how this could be practically compelled in a way that isn’t massively impactful to _everything_, especially with security and piracy implications.
• emsy 6y ago
  Last time I checked I didn’t use my Switch to check emails, download the Covid App, pay in a store, download and send documents or board a flight. The smartphone is an important driver for my daily life, a console is not.
  • misnome 6y ago
    Why not? If it wasn’t so locked down you’d be able to install apps to do all those things.