The iPad’s Closed System: Sometimes I Hate Being Right | Popular Science

The iPad’s Closed System: Sometimes I Hate Being Right | Popular Science: "Remember that groundbreaking Apple Super Bowl ad from 1984? The one where the woman throws a hammer at Big Brother, signifying a new era of freedom that would be ushered in with Macintosh? My, how times have changed. Here we are more than 25 years later and the despotic, all-knowing face up there on that giant screen now belongs to Steve Jobs—and Big Brother Steve is holding an iPad."