[Swordmaker]

Jon Evans wants Apple to "Not be Apple" and to become something they are not by opening up the OS and becoming. . . well, open. Letting anyone write software and to load any kind of software onto iOS, and, well, just not be so controlling of what gets on their devices. Then there is a rebuttal from John Gruber in Daring Fireball. What do you all think? Do you want Apple to become a free-for-all or do you want the ecosystem to stay locked down? — PING!

Apple Openness Debate
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[Swordmaker]

Jon Evans imagines a future WHAT IF. . . in which Apple suddenly changes and becomes an arm of a super-State Security system. That is a STRAWMAN if I ever heard one. . . and then he proceeds to argue as if that were the case that is inevitable to occur. SHEESH!

If such an event were to occur, what condition would the other large tech companies who are ALREADY doing much of the bidding of the NSA and government authorities be like? Does he think they would be somehow better for having paved the way NOW?

[ifinnegan]

It’s like the writer is recommending going back to the 90’s when Apple was going to make their OS available to any computer.

Deja vu.