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jonturner
16y ago
IMO, this is about protection of revenue stream. Sale of the hardware is only the first transaction. Ongoing licensing and kickbacks from second-order sales is the second: bandwidth, app sales, accessories, etc. If users modify their phone,
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jonturner
16y ago
Now that you mention it, yes, it does resemble SCRATCH, and I would also suggest Lego Mindstorms programming environment. I am showing my age, when I admit that my initial reaction was to note the similarity with Novel's AppWare circa 1995.