Why all the hate for iPad?

[ThatsMeRight]

Why all this fight because of the question why all the hate for the iPad?

 

[Tech-Boy]

I don't know why PC and Mac users need to fight. Like Steve Jobs himself said the reason apple was unsuccessful before he returned to apple was because apple was trying to fight microsoft head to head. That is not how it should be.


I own two Extremely Fast Custom Pc's with Intel SSD's, quad core cpu's, 5850's, etc in them. I also own an iMac, Mac book Pro; 4 ipods, and I am buying an iPad. Everything has its place, from simple and enjoyable, number/graphic crunching complexity.

Point being, I am very happy having both, and wouldn't have it any other way.

 

[hitekalex]

I can definitely understand how closed computing can put serious limits on the progress of technology. A good example would be when CD ripping got going in the nineties. If closed computing had been the dominant model at the time it is unlikely that ripping would have been allowed. Without ripping the whole digital music revolution would have either never happened or would have happened in a very different way.

That's an excellent example of why closed computing is almost always a BAD thing.. even on mobile tablets and phones.

With closed computing model - you're basically at the mercy of device manufacturer. You are generally not allowed to experiment and push the devices to the limits. You operate in a very limited sandbox defined by the SDK, and by definition all that's not explicitly allowed is prohibited. This sandbox model doesn't lend well to breakthrough innovations, new ways of computing, new hardware/software inventions. The only beneficiary of this model is the owner of sandbox, who has full control over the environment and can collect tolls and impose all kinds of restrictions on the developers and end users.

Apple has taken this model to a whole another level. In a lot of instances, they don't even allow apps that are perfectly within SDK guidelines (for example Google Voice or BitTorrent clients). The rules they impose are arbitrary, and ultimately anti-innovative, and uncompetitive. Of course they do it under the guise of "improved user experience", "better security" and other similar excuses.

This model must be opposed. It's not good for anyone.

 

[blackNBUK]

That's an excellent example of why closed computing is almost always a BAD thing.. even on mobile tablets and phones.

With closed computing model - you're basically at the mercy of device manufacturer. You are generally not allowed to experiment and push the devices to the limits. You operate in a very limited sandbox defined by the SDK, and by definition all that's not explicitly allowed is prohibited. This sandbox model doesn't lend well to breakthrough innovations, new ways of computing, new hardware/software inventions. The only beneficiary of this model is the owner of sandbox, who has full control over the environment and can collect tolls and impose all kinds of restrictions on the developers and end users.

Apple has taken this model to a whole another level. In a lot of instances, they don't even allow apps that are perfectly within SDK guidelines (for example Google Voice or BitTorrent clients). The rules they impose are arbitrary, and ultimately anti-innovative, and uncompetitive. Of course they do it under the guise of "improved user experience", "better security" and other similar excuses.

This model must be opposed. It's not good for anyone.

Nice selective quoting of me there...

While I agree with the general point you are making I'm not as absolutist on this issue as you appear to be. I don't absolutely have to have an open platform on my media tablet. It would be nice to have but having a really slick UI, lots of custom designed Apps and good integration with iTunes are also good things to have. I don't think the issue is important enough yet to be prepared to sacrifice the rest of the iPad's positives.