"The iPhone, for example, seeks out and erases user modifications." What evidence is there for that statement? If he's referring to new software loads, there's no evidence that Apple sought out the hacked iPhones; rather the consensus is that Apple's new software just simplistically overwrote the old and ignored the fact that other things were not as originally programmed.
"By generative, he means systems that can be leveraged to many tasks, are adaptable to a range of uses, easy to master, accessible to many and allow for changes to be easily transferred." Doesn't the iPhone UI and the ability to add apps when 2.0 arrives provide exactly that?
Does Zittrain really understand the iPhone?
