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China's Official Newspaper Pans iPad — Too Locked Down
An anonymous reader writes "The People's Daily newspaper, which is the official news organ of the ruling Communist party in China, apparently recently posted a review of the iPad, where it complained about the locked down nature of the device, noting that 'There are many disadvantages. For example you cannot install pirate software on them, you cannot download [free] music, and you need to pay for movies you watch on them.' You would think a country that is in favor of locking down the internet so much would like a locked up device ..."
that's priceless. China finds it too unlocked for their market.
There is a lesson there for all you Apple apologists.
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While that's certainly true, China has demonstrated their interest in harming intellectual property-based American businesses as well, for instance by stealing trade secrets. General software and media piracy is a double win for them.
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....They like capitalism only when it enhances their personal political power. Any other time, it can take a hike.
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Irrelevant.
What you're saying is that China can choose to emulate the United States hundreds of years ago, but ingnore it's recent history? Why does it get to pick and choose the time periods it wants to copy? Why shouldn't a modern state in the modern era be held to modern standards?
Turkey invaded Europe hundreds of years ago. Does that mean China gets to invade Europe, too?
The Irish eslaved the Scotish (or the other way around) hundreds of years ago. Does that mean that China gets to enslave Korea?
Civilization isn't each country waiting for its turn to make the same mistakes. It's countries learning from the mistakes of other countries.
-- I'm old enough to have lived through six different meanings of the word "hacker."
I see that repeated again and again and it's bullshit. The scale of 19th century agrarian USA versus 21st century technical China cannot be compared. The United States government didn't have comprehensive technology importation programmes like China, nor did America rely on technology like China does today. There's no comparison, please stop saying this stupid statement.
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
Guess, even among geeks there are hypocrites, racists and bigots.
Ahh, name-calling, the last refuge of the troll. Note that the above comment didn't assign any moral value to the act of copying, only stated that the Chinese are unabashed about it. The GP comment is innocuous; the parent comment is a troll.
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I am sorry, but Liberty is the mother of Order.
Government provides nothing but monopolistic and continually declining "justice." You wouldn't expect a true monopoly in any other field to provide increasing levels of service at the same or reduced prices? What makes the monopoly of government arbitration and enforcement any different.
Government is disorder and chaos enforced at the point of a gun. At the first instance that government prevents competing arbitration and enforcement within its jurisdiction it has removed itself from the market and begins to work against the interests of peaceful human action. As long as it is completely voluntary to join or leave, it is a benefit to society, but then it probably wouldn't be called the state.
It is in spite of regulatory capture and the "enlightened" rulings of government judges against private property holders in favor of "public policy" and large polluters that our air is still somewhat breathable and our water mostly drinkable. You can thank government bureaucracy for permitting "acceptable" levels of pollution. Levels which are chosen by the largest participants in industry with a structure not so much as to protect the environment, but to increase the costs of competition against their "market" position. These levels are probably much higher than would be accepted if these polluters were held accountable in a system of private, competitive courts.
You may prefer getting less and paying more and living in a system of acceptable pollution, but unfortunately your ignorance forces those of us who can analyze the history and economics of statism to suffer in your sub optimal paradise.
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