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Re:Google backtracks on privacy promise with messaging servi... by the_common_man on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @08:59PM (#12553533)
Facetime was also meant to be an open protocol. I think we just have to accept that big corporations can say whatever and do whatever and get away with it. Because we let them get away with it. Convenience trumps everything.
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Re:Google backtracks on privacy promise with messaging servi... by threeseed on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @09:02PM (#12553550)
Facetime was due to a patent dispute: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/05/patent-troll-that...

Pretty sure Apple would've liked to open it up if they could.

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Re:Google backtracks on privacy promise with messaging servi... by MBCook on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @09:52PM (#12553752)
Bonus fun: Steve Jobs announced that without telling anyone before hand, and haven't talked it over with the lawyers. Even if it wasn't for the patent suit I'm not 100% sure what would've happened.
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Re:Google backtracks on privacy promise with messaging servi... by thingexplainer on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @11:15PM (#12554066)
I think we should attempt to address the ills we find in society, lest we see them expand rapidly without any counter force.
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