Tim Bray explains why I'll never own an iPhone

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Tim Bray sez:

The iPhone vision of the mobile Internet's future omits controversy, sex, and freedom, but includes strict limits on who can know what and who can say what. It's a sterile Disney-fied walled garden surrounded by sharp-toothed lawyers. The people who create the apps serve at the landlord's pleasure and fear his anger.

I hate it.

I hate it even though the iPhone hardware and software are great, because freedom's not just another word for anything, nor is it an optional ingredient.

via Boing Boing

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

There is one group I'd seriously consider an iPhone for, the visually impaired because of its built in accessibility which is actually quite inventive. Of course I'd never suggest one to anyone else for these very reasons.

Plus as much as I hate flash it definitely isn't "open" of Apple to refuse to allow it. I also recall looking at the developer stuff, even if you pay $100 you are limited to X amount of users of the software without going through the app store. That is very underhand in my opinion.

Smartphone for the vision impaired.

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I'd set up a Windows phone for a visually impaired person, especially if they needed it for work. It integrates much better with busines functions, actually has security... The games would be largely irrelevant. iPhone has way better games than a Mac.