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2010-04-05
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=125561844
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2010-04-05
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Thanks. Wow... "Apple fan Damen Brown says open systems worry him because "there's more of a risk of there being less quality control and a lot of garbage apps." " You can tell that is true because there are no "garbage apps" for the i#? devices.
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2010-04-05
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Originally Posted by skalogre
Yeah, I laughed out loud at that one when I heard it on the radio. i thought the itunes app store was the primary repository of mobile garbage apps nowadays.
Thanks. Wow... "Apple fan Damen Brown says open systems worry him because "there's more of a risk of there being less quality control and a lot of garbage apps." " You can tell that is true because there are no "garbage apps" for the i#? devices.
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2010-04-05
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"The anti-Internet". I never thought of it that way. But they're right. That's why I sold my iphone, it was too locked down. Giving our Internet choices to a corporation is a very bad trend.
As we move more and more into the information age, information will become less and less available for free.
As we move more and more into the information age, information will become less and less available for free.
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2010-04-05
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It's kinda ironic that they see not having flash as a sign for the iPad to be an anti-internet device. IMO flash _is_ anti-internet. 
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2010-04-05
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Originally Posted by uncleboarder
If you want cheap apps you need a a) huge and b) restrictive (drm protected/no root access) environment. We'll see how MeeGo that requires you to choose between "free" and "lots of apps/media" will evolve in this context. But MeeGo indeed adds some "less free" to the current maemo.
As we move more and more into the information age, information will become less and less available for free.
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2010-04-05
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If it plays out like the last media that Apple 'managed' (music), then this would be beneficial to everyone in the long run.
The first stage, they keep everything in their walled garden for the early adopters who are willing to pay the premium even for DRM encumbered content. This is the incubation period where content creators learn about the market, build up their presence and run their numbers to their financial guys; and alternative channels are being build (non iTunes shops).
When they've build enough quantity to sustain the new business model and the price has lowered enough to make it a convenient micro purchases (ie: $0.99 songs, $0.99 apps), then they may take off the DRM shackles or at least loosens it.
Without transitions like this, I don't see anyone getting what they want.
The first stage, they keep everything in their walled garden for the early adopters who are willing to pay the premium even for DRM encumbered content. This is the incubation period where content creators learn about the market, build up their presence and run their numbers to their financial guys; and alternative channels are being build (non iTunes shops).
When they've build enough quantity to sustain the new business model and the price has lowered enough to make it a convenient micro purchases (ie: $0.99 songs, $0.99 apps), then they may take off the DRM shackles or at least loosens it.
Without transitions like this, I don't see anyone getting what they want.
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2010-04-05
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They should have just dubbed it the iAOLPad 
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2010-04-05
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Originally Posted by skalogre
I think I will have a nightmare of raining AOL CDs tonight...
They should have just dubbed it the iAOLPad
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2010-04-05
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Apple has a lot of success with the closed model of censorship. The Chinese government could learn from them