IPad closed system

Remember that revolutionary Apple trailer for 1984 ? One where a woman throws a hammer at Big Brother. He foreshadowed a new era of freedom that would be possible thanks to Macintosh. A lot of time has passed since then, and now the imperious omniscient person on the huge screen belongs to Steve Jobs, who holds the iPad in his hands.

We are on the verge of a dark future, the countdown of which was given by the appearance of the tablet from Apple. And do not underestimate the seriousness of what is happening. The personal computer that we use now may sink into oblivion.

The problem is not in a bad camera, and not in an OLED display, or even the absence of Flash. The problem is that Apple is trying to promote its closed and highly limited system. It would seem, why not use OS X on the iPad? Of course, performance is one of the reasons. But, really, the whole thing is the excessive openness of OS X. You can download and install any program, you can watch movies and TV broadcasts, buy and listen to music as you see fit. In addition, you can delve into the file system. But all this you can not do on the iPhone OS and, therefore, on the iPad.

All actions on the iPad are performed only with the permission of Apple. And, if it is given, then you need to work your way through iTunes or MobileMe. From all this, the company receives income, but the main thing is that it can also manage the content. On OS X, Apple cannot block access to apps that it doesn’t like or compete with. But, as you know, she can do it on the iPhone and, accordingly, on the iPad, which also uses the App Store.

So, the iPhone OS has moved to an even more computer device. Here we can prepare documents, presentations, ie perform the tasks that we previously trusted the computer. And here we are in danger. Replacing a personal computer once with a device with a closed system, we will replace freedom and choice with oppression, censorship and monopolism. We will have to buy programs in the App Store, and if Apple does not want to give us the opportunity to use any of them, such as Google Voice, Skype, Flash, or Microsoft Word, then it will be so. Well, multitasking will be in the past. Sounds good.

Of course, this desire of Apple to transplant us to the iPhone OS is frustrating. And Apple fans will refute this theory, some of which are justified. But it is difficult to argue with the advantages of an open system, which is opposed to a closed one.

I don’t want all of the above to be true. So let's be careful with the iPad. Do not rush to throw out your laptops.