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Re:Could EU force hardware manufacturers to make working dri... by ClumsyPilot on Sunday October 01, 2023 @04:32PM (#37730380)
> people buy apple products

People used to buy cocaine toothache drops and give them to children to get them to shut up. People used to send babies by post. Just because people like something doesn't mean it doesn't have terrible effects. [1]

> single most dangerous idea

I mean, sure after guns, drugs, superbugs, global nuclear war, climate change, super-plague produced by synthetic biology...

1 - https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/coca...

Re:Could EU force hardware manufacturers to make working dri... by kanbara on Monday October 02, 2023 @03:02AM (#37734829)
the second is in reference to technology and customer experience, don’t be obtuse.

comparing apple’s integrated approach to cocaine drops for kids tells me all i need to know about your bias; consumers like apple products, they are privacy focused more then any commercial competitor and their chips and OS are better than anything else precisely because of their integration.

and people want those devices.