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oemera on March 2, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Dirty Percent

What I do not understand is why no-one is complaining about Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 as a closed system but about Apples iOS line.

WHY is Apple bad for closing a system but Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo are not? I really do not understand that.

WHY on earth has a cellphone to be open as a OpenSource project? Is there a reason for that? (Android has open sources but no-one can commit changes. It's all in Googles hands what comes into the next Android version which doesn't fit with OpenSource at all)

WHY is taking a 30% cut bad for all developers and Apps? (Jobs said that the 30% cut is not for SASS Apps but only for Newspaper Apps, right?)

Please give me some answers I'm starting to don't understand these discussions lately.

CaptainZapp on March 2, 2011 [–]

A console is a very different biest from a mobile communication device, of which openness and interoperability is hugely advantegous to society.

Thus the line apple is toeing here is a dangerous one.

I wouldn't make the same argument for iPods, iPads or Macs.

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