Maybe I am biased towards Apple, but I see it as a fortress, albeit I do have a few grumbles. I like a closed ecosystem, I like that they make the hardware and software, so everything talks to each other.
I dont like the term, "locked down" I think that over rates Apples restrictions. From a users point of view, I have hundreds of thousand of apps to choose from. From a developers view, anyone can, and does, upload apps to the App Store.
Yes, there are things that some of us see on Android that we would like to see on iOS, more freedom to customise. And toggles, which is a useful utility. No reason to restrict that. VLC is a great app, and a well known video player, it was removed from the App Store.
Do I want an open Apple? NO. Do I want a few unreasonable restrictions eased up on? YES
One last thing.... They say in the article that the closed, or locked down system stops competition. How? I don't follow that.
--- In iPad@yahoogroups.com, "Bill B." <bill501@...> wrote:
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> Infoworld noticed the Electronic Frontier Foundation's rant bout Apple's OSes and has an article, I find more interesting. BTW, Apple OS as a closed system has been discussed for at least 2 decades. See
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> <http://www.infoworld.com/t/mac-os-x/apples-operating-systems-fortresses-or-prisons-194412>
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> Bill
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