Gruber on the “closed” iPad
April 2nd, 2010 | Published in Uncategorized | 2 Comments
As a follow up to my comments below on Tim Bray’s anti-Apple rant, here’s Jon Gruber on the issue: The Kids Are All Right.
Such is the march of progress. 40 years ago you could open the hood of your car and see and touch just about every component in there. And you had to, because many of those components required frequent maintenance. To properly own a car required, to some degree, that you understood how a car worked. Today, you open the hood of your car and you see a big sealed block and a basin for the windshield washer fluid. You can buy a new car, drive it for years, and never once open the hood yourself.
That’s the iPad.
I’m pretty much completely in agreement.
(I might also note that, despite the changes in automotive technology, my oldest son is still very interested in auto mechanics. Of course, he did end up buying a ’68 Mustang to work on.)
April 12th, 2010 at 4:13 pm (#)
My take is, the iPad is not a computer. Which, for most people, is fine, they don’t actually want a computer, they want a TV for websites. I don’t want one, but I could see why they might.
However, if you want to appeal to many outside developers to make apps/websites for your device/OS, you should be more careful about how they feel about your policies than Apple has been to date.
The battery replacing thing is also something that will seem ridiculous even to many people who don’t want a computer.
April 26th, 2010 at 1:54 pm (#)
Crazy Apple Rumors Site: Cory Doctorow Verbally Abuses 99-Year-Old iPad User http://www.crazyapplerumors.com/?p=1213