(concernabouteliminatingtheworldscompleixies)

The iPad has given me a feeling of concern far beyond that of other recent technological innovations. I am finding the central reason to be that Apple has now given a unified face to the notion of simplifying technology's capacities for the sake of convenience and comfort. Let me explain:

-The iPad is no more capable of collecting and distributing data than any iPod Touch or iPhone. The potential for exploration within the iPhone OS is virtually zero unless you are a developer- this will not change at all for the iPad's similar OS. It is the single largest attack upon freeware that I have ever seen, expanding the iPod concept to attempt to monopolize entirely on an individual's necessity for technology.

Disclaimer: The use of my iPod touch and occasional purchases from iTunes are motivated by a diverse use of computing. I use just as much Microsoft, Mozilla, and Google as the next guy.

-The iPad is expensive enough to qualify as a computer purchase, but not expensive enough to prevent the middle class for constantly desiring to purchase one. Apple's perverse genius is especially highlighted in this phenomenon. In five years, the high school class of 2015 will be headed all over our nation and many others outfitted with nothing but iPhones and iPads. Again, the fact that all use of these devices will travel through an Apple-driven channel is an intellectual and cultural overthrow waiting to happen. Apple Prevails.

-Microsoft may carry the VAST majority of the PC market, but if the importance of a personal computer is fading away, what purpose does this stronghold serve? Microsoft's source code has been around for so long that much of it is up for public scrutiny regardless. I am not convinced that Apple will let their trade secrets go so easily. What stops the uneducated masses from letting their human rights get violated by (a) device(s) that is hiding all manner of problematic software?

(/concernabouteliminatingtheworldscomplexities)