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Designing enclosure? An open letter to Apple

To mark International Day against DRM, we question why Apple continues to lean its considerable weight against the philosophy of openness in software.

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Steve Jobs with his MacBook Air at Macworld 2008. Wikimedia Commons/Matthew Yohe. Some rights reserved.
Steve Jobs with his MacBook Air at Macworld 2008. Wikimedia Commons/Matthew Yohe. Some rights reserved.

Steve Jobs with his MacBook Air at Macworld 2008. Wikimedia Commons/Matthew Yohe. Some rights reserved.

Dear Apple,

This is a letter from a long-time MacBook Pro owner. I use your hardware and software to store, order and transmit the substance of my work, my art, friendships, romance and ever more of my life. As a professional, a consumer and a citizen, I try to take responsibility for the way my data is handled. That responsibility extends to the data of others that I handle, often more sensitive than my own.