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The crucial difference is that nobody can stop you from using or building any web app you want (minus government censorship). There's no single central authorit
by cageface 14y ago
The crucial difference is that nobody can stop you from using or building any web app you want (minus government censorship). There's no single central authority with unchallenged veto power.
Openness is about allowing alternatives, not guaranteeing their success.
- jiggy2011 14y agoYour device manufacturer , OS/Browser provider or ISP can all stop you from using any web app you want. They can either flat out block it or leave your browsing software in such a state that it would be difficult to build anything significant for it (see IE6).
- cageface 14y agoIn the rare cases where something like this has happened it has been met with almost instant outrage and can almost always be hacked around trivially. On the app stores this is just business as usual and happens all the time every day.