I'm glad the EFF is working on this -- their bill of rights at the end is a great proposal. It is so deeply frustrating for Apple to promote a vision of the next generation of computers (i.e., iPhones) where the hardware maker gets to decide what kind of software you're allowed to run.
The other day Gruber posted two consecutive stories that really brought this into focus:
(1) Apple has stayed true to Woz's vision from 1977 for personal computers. [1]
(2) It's not surprising that Apple decided to unpublish software that used a "non-public streaming audio format," because it violated the spirit of section X.Y.Z of their rules of what kind of software you're allowed to run on your iPhone. [2]
Thinking about Woz's actual vision for personal computers, the second story is really a punch in the gut. No one should have that kind of arbitrary control over our computers.
The other day Gruber posted two consecutive stories that really brought this into focus:
(1) Apple has stayed true to Woz's vision from 1977 for personal computers. [1] (2) It's not surprising that Apple decided to unpublish software that used a "non-public streaming audio format," because it violated the spirit of section X.Y.Z of their rules of what kind of software you're allowed to run on your iPhone. [2]
Thinking about Woz's actual vision for personal computers, the second story is really a punch in the gut. No one should have that kind of arbitrary control over our computers.
[1] http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/05/24/woz-apple-ii [2] http://daringfireball.net/2012/05/more_on_airfoil_speakers_t...