Apple Vs Stalin
from tuaw:
The C64 emulator that was pulled from the App Store by Apple for leaving a BASIC interpreter intact has now returned, though we presume it’s minus the Apple-offending code.
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In fact, the only thing it doesn’t have is an interpreter, but of course you know why that is by now: Apple doesn’t want anyone running code on their devices that they haven’t approved through the App Store.
Hum, no code but apple approved code, what does that remind me of ?… Ah, yes, it’s called censorship. Why think too much about it, let’s just go along like happy lemmings into the brave new world of touch enabled, good looking, well designed, proprietary, closed, totalitarian mobile platforms.
I mean there’s the debate between open-source (Linux) and closed source (OSX and Windows), but any of these, independently of the licensing gives you the freedom to develop and run whatever you want in your device without having to ask permission to anyone (except in the case of DRM). Even the children eating Microsoft allows you to do this. But now, Apple seems to think THAT is too much freedom, and like the good old bolsheviks they want some “democratic centralism” . I really don’t like where this is going.