Re:The Problem with Perceptual Hashes
by echelon on Friday August 06, 2021 @10:42PM
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Good! These assholes have been building a moat around all of computing, and now it's almost impossible to avoid the multi-trillion dollar monster.
Think about all the startups that can't deploy software without being taxed most of our margin, the sign in with apple that prevents us from having a real customer relationship, and the horrible support, libraries, constant changes, etc. It's hostile! It's unfair that the DOJ hasn't done anything about it.
A modern startup cannot succeed without Apple's blessing. To do so would be giving up 50% of the American market. When you're struggling to grow and find traction, you can't do that. It's so wildly unfair that they "own" 50+% of computer users.
Think of all the device owners that don't have the money to pay Apple for new devices or upgrades. They can't repair them themselves. Apple's products are meant to go into the trash and be replaced with new models.
We want to sidestep these shenanigans and use our own devices? Load our own cloud software? We can't! Apple, from the moment Jobs decreed, was fully owned property. No alternative browsers, no scripting or runtimes. No computing outside the lines. You're just renting.
This company is so awful.
Please call your representatives and ask them to break up the biggest and most dangerous monopoly in the world.
Think about all the startups that can't deploy software without being taxed most of our margin, the sign in with apple that prevents us from having a real customer relationship, and the horrible support, libraries, constant changes, etc. It's hostile! It's unfair that the DOJ hasn't done anything about it.
A modern startup cannot succeed without Apple's blessing. To do so would be giving up 50% of the American market. When you're struggling to grow and find traction, you can't do that. It's so wildly unfair that they "own" 50+% of computer users.
Think of all the device owners that don't have the money to pay Apple for new devices or upgrades. They can't repair them themselves. Apple's products are meant to go into the trash and be replaced with new models.
We want to sidestep these shenanigans and use our own devices? Load our own cloud software? We can't! Apple, from the moment Jobs decreed, was fully owned property. No alternative browsers, no scripting or runtimes. No computing outside the lines. You're just renting.
This company is so awful.
Please call your representatives and ask them to break up the biggest and most dangerous monopoly in the world.