iBowdlerize

[robin_d_laws]

Comments

Hyperbole

[mysticalforest]

I just a couple days ago I finished reviewing every ereader for the iPad I could find (which interested parties may read here) and over the course of doing that I discovered that there are many ways to get content onto my iPad.

Apple's censorship of apps is neither here nor there and has no practical impact on the content I receive.

I wrote in the aforelinked review:The iPad is the preeminent reader for books-no other device is as comprehensive in its coverage of available formats.
...and I stand by that.

The only impact to me is when the content is not provided in electronic format in the first place. If I can't get the content as a stand-alone app (which I have only done once or twice at most and really don't enjoy doing) that's fine, there's still iBooks, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders, DriveThruRPG, Audible, plain ol' PDFs, HTML, text, website, and so on.

There is a bewildering array of avenues for content providers to give me product, and charge for it, that have nothing whatever to do with Apple. If such a provider can't figure out how to get content to me then-really-that's not Apple's fault.

Re: Hyperbole

[robin_d_laws]

The fact that Apple's content restriction efforts can be easily circumvented and are thus entirely symbolic is all the more reason for it to ensure that it's sending the right symbolic message -- that booksellers fight for freedom of expression, not against it.

Re: Hyperbole

[mysticalforest]

I don't follow, I must admit. The degree of its meaninglessness equates to its urgency?

Re: Hyperbole

[robin_d_laws]

If you believe that symbolic actions are inherently meaningless, I'm not sure how to get us on the same page.

Re: Hyperbole

[mysticalforest]

No, they do.