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Apple devices give you freedom to not care about your device. And your distinction between freedom and empowerment is a false one in the real world. Freedom i
by kenjackson 15y ago
Apple devices give you freedom to not care about your device.
And your distinction between freedom and empowerment is a false one in the real world. Freedom is generally about empowerment. Apple devices give you the power to exercise your freedom -- except along this narrow axis that you and Stallman seem to care so much about.
- 0ffw0rlder 15y agoThe freedom for the government to do what they like through AAPL and the patriot act. Sure Jobs did improve the desktop computing experience in some ways, but apple was not exactally an advocate of privacy or freedom. I didn't drink the kool-aid. Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. --benjamin franklin
- vacri 15y agoSo why can't they give you freedom to root your own device or sideload your own apps. The 'safe garden' is still there for those who want it, and those who want more could do that of their own accord as well. Apple are unnecessarily restrictive.