Re:Apple’s crackdown on multicast
by ricardobeat on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @06:55AM
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Your argument gets us nowhere. Because we accept the control Apple currently has, we are entitled to nothing and should accept any arbitrary change? No, that's not how it works. We accept the walled garden in a mutually beneficial exchange.
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I think you're a little confused about the role of a peasant in a dictatorship.
> Because we accept the control Apple currently has, we are entitled to nothing and should accept any arbitrary change?
Nothing has changed, Apple maintained full control all the time. You have absolutely no power in this matter and no rights, you are simply a revenue source, the only thing you can do is cease supplying money to Apple.
I fully support Apple remote bricking all hardware past a certain age to drive the sales of newer models. It's just a matter of time until you will start to see phones with "3 years limited software support". Once the 3 years are done, a splashscreen appears warning you that the device is no longer supported and insecure, thus unusable.