> This is how it works for every other form of computer except phones and tablets. But only because macs existed before they were able to get away with this.

> This is how it works for every other form of computer except phones and tablets. But only because macs existed before they were able to get away with this. I would bet a huge amount of money that if macs were invented/created after the iphone, they'd be locked down exactly the same way. And many of the same people who love it on the phone would love it on the computer, even though now they would say that it's a general purpose computing device not an appliance like the phone is.