[LINK] Steve Jobs: Great unwashed don't need PCs

[David Goldstein]

So Apple is exercising its right to sell what it likes. OK then. An ISP then should be able to give preferential treatment to certains types of content then given this rationale. And give those who want to pay for their content to be delivered in a preferential way better treatment. It is not blocking access to anything and has the choice to do what it wants in a free and unrestricted marketplace.

David


----- Original Message ----
> From: Ivan Trundle <ivan at itrundle.com>
> To: link at mailman1.anu.edu.au
> Sent: Thu, 3 June, 2010 6:52:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [LINK] Steve Jobs: Great unwashed don't need PCs
> 
> 
On 03/06/2010, at 4:18 PM, David Goldstein wrote:

> So what is the 
> difference to a business choosing not to sell a product to blocking access to 
> it? It's the same thing. Especially when Jobs openly says he is blocking people 
> from selling sex-related apps in the marketplace.

The Apple appstore is a 
> *store* - its owned by Apple, and it sells stuff. The chosen suppliers of the 
> 'stuff' get a cut of what is sold, if Apple chooses to sell that 
> 'stuff'.

Apple is not 'blocking access to [whatever]', it is merely 
> exercising its right to choose what to sell.

Oh, and by the way - the 
> Apple appstore not a free and unrestricted 
> marketplace.

iT
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