U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone monopoly

Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by xnx on Thursday March 21, 2024 @07:24PM (#39785643)

This seems reasonable and I like the idea of unlocking the capabilities the hardware already has. What makes iPhone different from Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo Switch?

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by kibwen on Friday March 22, 2024 @02:46AM (#39787990)

We should be forcing game consoles to open up as well. As well as every other computing device that you can purchase.

This is Hacker News; maximizing the freedom to hack our own property is an inviolable position.

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by bfdm on Friday March 22, 2024 @07:49AM (#39789710)

This is mostly as simple as striking out DMCA 1201. The device maker need not bless the activity so long as they do not have a cudgel with which to threaten users from modifying their own devices they bought.

I agree we should force platforms to be more.open and interoperable, but we can get at least part way there by not allowing them to sue innovators.

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