“I think the media companies will leap at this,” he says. “It offers them the opportunity to essentially re-create the old business model, wherein they are pushing content to you on their terms rather than you going out and finding content, or a search engine discovering content for you.”
The iPad does have an Internet browser, but it won’t be possible to download unauthorized software or to view sites that use flash — the technology that animates most visual content on the Internet.
But people waiting in line over the weekend to buy an iPad didn’t seem bothered by Apple’s restrictions. In fact, many prefer it.
Apple fan Damen Brown says open systems worry him because “there’s more of a risk of there being less quality control and a lot of garbage apps.”
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