Re:Could EU force hardware manufacturers to make working dri...
by scarface_74 on Monday October 02, 2023 @10:08AM
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Apple products work fine working on top of those standards and adding its own features where it can make sure those features work consistently because it is an integrated environment.
Well, if I have a choice between a corporation - which I can choose not to support and a government with guns and the ability to take away my rights by force having power, I’ll choose private corporations every time.
Re:Could EU force hardware manufacturers to make working dri...
by smoldesu on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @12:47PM
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> Well, if I have a choice between a corporation [...] I’ll choose private corporations every time.
To have a choice in the first place, you can't participate in a regulated market. Right now, you're complaining that your favorite player can't "win" a game of Blackjack by overruling the dealer. I don't know what to tell you; those are the rules of the game. Apple can go play their Calvinball economy in some other developing market, and so can you.
See? Freedom of choice.
Again, why do you? Apple's products have worked just fine implimenting open standards (eg. HTML, TLS, AES, RSA, etc.). You could easily argue that the iPhone wouldn't be popular without open standards like Bluetooth and the Internet.
> It’s cute that you think politicians represent “the people”
Does the unregulated market represent it any better? I'd rather let gerrymandered electors regulate the market than allow the market to regulate itself.