> If you don't want a computing appliance then don't buy an iPad.
If you do want a computing appliance, then there's nothing wrong with having a machine that could be reprogrammed that you simply choose not to reprogram. Please stop advocating for a worse world for the rest of us when it doesn't benefit you in the slightest to have a machine that you don't control.
Stop being so damned melodramatic. I'm not advocating for a "worse world for the rest of us." There are a plethora of choices for machines that aren't appliances. In fact, the overwhelming majority of machines are programmable. Apple thinks the market wants a computing appliance. The market will decide. Meanwhile, you have lots of other choices.
If you do want a computing appliance, then there's nothing wrong with having a machine that could be reprogrammed that you simply choose not to reprogram. Please stop advocating for a worse world for the rest of us when it doesn't benefit you in the slightest to have a machine that you don't control.