Five solid arguments against iPhone 3G

After official iPhone 3G launch and after first euphoria waves in the network was started to appearing more sobered opinions.

Non-Government Organization - Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985 by Richard Stallman supports open source software projects and distribution. Their website says about iPhone 3G:

- iPhone will fully block and suppress open source software. Authors of any software application for iPhone have to pay taxes to Apple, and Apple says what can be installed on iPhone of customers.

- iPhone support Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) - technology for controlling the access to different digital content like music, software, video, etc.

- iPhone knows user's geo-location and make possible for 3rd party company to track user position.

- iPhone cannot access to files, based on open source standards like Ogg Vorbis and Theora;

- iPhone is not the only one possibility.

Better possibilities are available, which respects personal freedom of users. They don't spy him. These devices using open source software and plays free formats - Neo FreeRuner for example.

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