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Your phone has a programmable cpu, so it is a computer. What you want is just very restrictive software.

• sjwright 14y ago
  That's a programmer-centric view of matters. I want software that works so well that I don't feel the need to worry about how "restrictive" it might be. If I want more power, I'll pull out my laptop. This quote from Steve Jobs is relevant: "We’re getting to the point where everything’s a computer in a different form factor. So what, right? So what if it’s built with a computer inside it -- it doesn’t matter. [What matters is,] what *is* it, how do you use it?"
  • gosub 14y ago
    > That'a a programmer-centric view of the matters. If every device is a computer, every device user is a programmer. > I want software that works so well that I don't feel the need to worry about how "restrictive" it might be. You should always worry about the arbitrary restrictions imposed on the devices you own. The demand of software that works is just as legitimate, but orthogonal. > If I want more power, I'll pull out my laptop. It's not about power, it's about freedom. Why a phone company has root access to my phone and I do not? > So what if it’s built with a computer inside it -- it doesn’t matter. [What matters is,] what is it, how do you use it? That's a terrible, myopic, consumer centric (as opposed to producer), point of view. It does't matter only if you have to sell it, covered in bells & whistles. I don't have to sell it, I have to use it.