The idea that anyone would take Apple's argument seriously illustrates the growing gap between people who understand what computers are and people who don't. I

The idea that anyone would take Apple's argument seriously illustrates the growing gap between people who understand what computers are and people who don't. It's easy for us to say "well, obviously that makes no sense, because you could do the same thing with an Android phone or a laptop" because we understand a computer to be a universal machine, but the people making the law usually understand computers as no more than a glorified wrench or hammer, capable of doing some particular subset of Useful Things.