Its been a while since I last wrote anything but, after reading about AT&T’s talks with Apple about extending the iPhone exclusiveness on AT&T until 2011, I began thinking more and more about the vendor lock-in. My dad actually admitted the other day that he wants an iPhone but finds the requirement of a data plan to be useless (just lost yourself a sale AT&T).
Next there’s the thing about Google Android banning teathering apps from its marketplace when its supposedly a “free” platform.
And finally there’s the issue regarding a new trick called “Blackjacking” (well, its not really new). Blackjacking is essentially hacking through Blackberrys (or any other mobile device, Blackberry’s were just the most prolific at the time when the term was coined).
And this totally neglects the whole “contract” issue. I can’t even imagine what the other writers on this site have to put up with since they keep up with the current generation of devices.
So this coins the question, why does freedom matter? Well, its a complex question, and if you don’t know the answer already, whether you live in a free country or not, then there’s probably no hope for you.
