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Re:Dominance of Apple and Google’s app stores impacting comp... by ClumsyPilot on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @02:44PM (#26972662)
I want freedom from Apple controlling iPhone that is now my property. Where is my liberty?
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Re:Dominance of Apple and Google’s app stores impacting comp... by yossarian1408 on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @11:17PM (#26977038)
Liberty does not mean freedom. Actually, the positive freedom you want for would come at cost of the negative liberties of other individuals.

And an iPhone being your property does not change the properties of the iPhone you bought. You can tinker with it as much as your ability allows you to, but if you are not happy with the limitations of the device than you should not have bought that device.

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Re:Dominance of Apple and Google’s app stores impacting comp... by CRConrad on Thursday April 29, 2021 @04:46AM (#26978774)
> Liberty does not mean freedom.

Actually that's literally exactly what it means.

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Re:Dominance of Apple and Google’s app stores impacting comp... by echelon on Thursday April 29, 2021 @02:04AM (#26977913)
That device is causing rippling negative externalities across our industry.

It's gone beyond your choice or my choice - Apple is gravitationally distorting the entire industry and bending it to its will.

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