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Originally Posted by Octane
What strings? Like after-market accessories both by the vendor and third parties?
Or the inability to play Flash content?
People know about both of these before they go and buy Apple gear.
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You are sure about this?
Maybe you are aware.. but I bet majority of people are buying this only because it is a beautiful toy, knowing nothing about how things work inside (my daughter is one of them, unfortunately..)
Besides, it is not only restrictions on flash.
Look mate, I want my machine to be open to ANY application, at least potentially.. I don't want restrictions of non-technical kind, and I do not want to buy applications from them that will run on MY machine later - because if I paid for it, it is MINE, not theirs. However, Steve Jobs thinks otherwise.. and that is why I am not his customer.
Exactly the same discussion was going on couple of years ago during "browser wars" .. and during "java conflict" only then MS was on the stage, and Apple was nowhere near them in terms of power on the market..
What some of you guys are praising is not a free market.. and you should be aware of that as well.