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Originally Posted by pilotbob
When did I say Firefox was an OS?
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You should have said you wanted to run Chrome instead
But seriously, the issue here is that Apple regards the iPad and the iPhone as
appliances rather than computers. You turn it on, it works and it's secure (jailbroken iPhones obviously aren't Apple's problem).
For the majority of consumers that makes a lot of sense. They don't want to tinker too much and they don't want to have to worry about configuration issues, etc. They don't want to worry about accidentally breaking the machine by deleting a registry key. They want something that 'just works'.
From a personal point of view, I'd agree with you, though. I'd have to think hard before dropping $500+ on a piece of computer hardware that I can't tinker with and configure to my own desires. And I'd certainly want to be able to run apps without having to get permission to do so.
But in terms of the broader market and the appliance concept, I have to admit I think Apple's approach solves a number of problems.