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sliverstorm on Jan 13, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Microsoft confirms UEFI fears, locks down ARM devi...

That prospect doesn't bother anyone. Apple can be twice as restrictive as Microsoft, and people will still be raising a fuss over what MS does.

How do we know? Well, it's happening right now.

beambot on Jan 13, 2012 [–]

It bothers me.

Our reservations about Apple should mirror those about Microsoft. Good design and UX are not excuses to be complacent. I highly suggest watching Cory Doctorow's recent 28c3 talk on "The Coming War on General Computation": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUEvRyemKSg

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