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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by FirmwareBurner on Thursday January 25, 2024 @05:15PM (#39136133)
> But some computers ship with software/firmware that restricts the purposes accessible by the end user.

Which is a necessary evil if you're shipping the hardware of that "computer" at ultra low or negative margins in order to make back the investment on SW sales.

Otherwise, the air force will buy boatloads of PS3s for a computer farm and scalpers will use PS5 for crypto mining and Sony would go bust from these hardware sales.

Apple is in a different position as it makes crazy margins even on hardware which is arare for hardware manufacturers.

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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by andersa on Thursday January 25, 2024 @05:16PM (#39136151)
Good thing we know that Apple already makes significant profit on every sale of their hardware.
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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by FirmwareBurner on Thursday January 25, 2024 @05:21PM (#39136204)
Yeah, it's almost as if some more healthy competition in the market would help instead of Apple being a monpopoly on mobile along with Google.

Hence why we need regulations to break Apple and Google of their high horse.

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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by doodpants on Friday January 26, 2024 @08:57AM (#39142605)
Selling hardware at negative margins is not a "necessary" evil; it's just a business model that some manufacturers choose to impose on consumers, and then we end up with things like DRM-encumbered printer ink cartridges.
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