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A comment on Apple Disabling 'Sign in with Apple' for Epic Games on September 11. Parent comment

Re:Apple Disabling 'Sign in with Apple' for Epic Games on Se... by colejohnson66 on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @03:11PM (#24424648)
Video game consoles (in terms of XBox and PS) are nothing more than same spec’d computers. They both (PS4 and up and XB1 and up) run on x86-64 for crying out loud. They just don’t look like a computer (in terms of openness), but the homebrew community has shown that they can be.

So the comparison is pretty apt; Some are claiming phones are computers now, so why aren’t actual computers that have been walled up any different?

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Re:Apple Disabling 'Sign in with Apple' for Epic Games on Se... by jhatemyjob on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @04:54PM (#24425799)
What are you saying here exactly? arm64 CPUs aren't real CPUs?
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Re:Apple Disabling 'Sign in with Apple' for Epic Games on Se... by colejohnson66 on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @06:10PM (#24426505)
No, I’m saying that video game consoles are a very apt comparison because they’re x86. I made no mention of ARM or whether Apple is right or wrong.
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Re:Apple Disabling 'Sign in with Apple' for Epic Games on Se... by jhatemyjob on Thursday September 10, 2020 @10:56PM (#24438727)
I don't disagree with you. I'm looking at it from a professional standpoint. Because seriously, who cares about video game consoles? In 99% of cases they are nothing more than a leisure activity with no real world consequences other than wasting time. Smartphones on the otherhand, like PCs and laptops, are used for Serious Business™ and should be open platforms because what enterprise in their right mind would give their employees hardware that is controlled by one megacorp to such an extent?
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