"Dude. We know how the iPhone works. It's easy to see Apple starting to bring the same sort of model to the MacBook. We're not blind. We can see where this is going, even if it's not there yet, and make reasonably informed guesses about what it's going to be like."
What does that have to do with my point? He said Mac is already becoming more restricted "like a appliance". I said that that hasn't been the case for the last 10 years of OS X and is not the case even now. The only counter-example that comes to mind is the removal of the Input Manager haxie capability (a GOOD thing).
TL;DR: You argue about what "might happen in the future", while I replied to someone complaining about something that happened already.
What does that have to do with my point? He said Mac is already becoming more restricted "like a appliance". I said that that hasn't been the case for the last 10 years of OS X and is not the case even now. The only counter-example that comes to mind is the removal of the Input Manager haxie capability (a GOOD thing).
TL;DR: You argue about what "might happen in the future", while I replied to someone complaining about something that happened already.
P.S Who uses "dude"? A 15-year old?