Re:Why is Apple acting like an asshole?
by saagarjha on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @02:00PM
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How could customers punish Apple for that, and that specifically? (I'm being careful with my wording to exclude the response of "switch to Android", because that is not a punishment for that thing specifically–the fact that people don't switch just means Android is worse to them, not that they agree with this particular part of the iOS.)
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Re:Why is Apple acting like an asshole?
by millstone on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @02:30PM
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One way would be if major web apps launched and iOS users complained about being unable to use them. For example, Spotify Web Player launched without desktop Safari support. If macOS only had Safari, users might have complained and put pressure on Apple to change it.
Re:Why is Apple acting like an asshole?
by lolsal on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @05:32PM
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Consumers in theory would punish Apple by not buying Apple products. But they don't and I can only guess why (they don't care about browser rendering engines).
If you're trying to narrow your punishment to be specifically "the crime of not letting me pick my own browser rendering engine" then I can't help you. This is not a hill I even remotely interested in dying on or spending more time on.