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The War On General Purpose Computing[1][2] is escalating. The war has moved past trivial fights over copyright/"DRM", and is now directly targeting programming
by pdkl95 5y ago
The War On General Purpose Computing[1][2] is escalating. The war has moved past trivial fights over copyright/"DRM", and is now directly targeting programming environments.
[1] https://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/lockdown.html https://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/lockdown.html
[2] https://boingboing.net/2012/08/23/civilwar.html https://boingboing.net/2012/08/23/civilwar.html
edit: fixed link - thanks for the bug report
- overgard 5y agoThis seems so self-defeating by these companies. All this will do is push people to learn to develop on the web (arguably where they already are learning), while completely bypassing any built-in API's and stores. Sure, there's stuff you can't access without native code, but at a certain point why would anyone want to risk making their primary codebase dependent on one of these stores? When FOSS tablets and phones become competitive, I'm really interested in getting one. Maybe even before they're realistically competitive.
- e3bc54b2 5y agoWeb is being crippled too. Google is clenching its iron grip from both sides (search and browser), while Apple leaves it crippled on its own devices for obvious reasons.
- salawat 5y agoIt won't become so without your help, join the fight and make a stand. Every user lost by proprietary platforms tilts the scales more in FLOSS/H's favor. Scale makes all the difference.
- oblio 5y agoYou've posted the same link twice.