It's already playing out with cell phones. Ppl will happily transmit intimate photos, their GPS location, text their every waking thought, to get and use the latest feature.
"In an increasingly networked world, privacy and anonymity will be the most precious commodities."
And soon the iPad. Insert coin. Oh, you don't have the money? Well too bad, we'll give you 3 months to pay or everything you deposited on our server will be dumped into the bit bucket.
Folks pay an extra 5 bucks a month for the privilege to email themselves the grainy, lo rez pictures they snap on their managed devices, pay 4 dollars for a ring tone, etc.
Apple is probably the most evil computer company in existence right now. With the iPad they're trying to change the way folks use computing technology, they've said as much. A completely managed experience with a toll booth at every interface. People don't care about computers in general, they just want the content. I wouldn't be surprised if in 10-15 years OS X machines will be high priced developer machines whose only purpose is to facilitate content generation by companies for consumer consumption. The digital walls are closing in, products made defective by design, it's on all fronts.
