Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon...
by mvanbaak on Friday March 22, 2024 @11:45PM
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If you want to run a non-default os, an iPhone is not for you. There are several other options out there for you to choose from.
Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon...
by smoldesu on Saturday March 23, 2024 @05:13PM
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If you want to run a non-default OS, don't install one. Blocking competitors for competition's sake is a regulatory tightrope walk, the exact same mentality that nearly annihilated Microsoft.
Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon...
by xpe on Saturday March 23, 2024 @05:40PM
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Some calibration is needed here.
“Authoritarianism is a _political_ system characterized by the rejection of democracy and political plurality.” - Wikipedia
When a company _sells_ you a device (that you choose to buy or not), it is _not_ about political freedom.
There are countries that are actually authoritarian. Let’s not blur the lines between that and a corporation. I can appreciate the free software movement as well as the right to repair and so on, but let’s keep things in perspective here. There are governments that jail people for dissent.
What's authoritarian is Apple's lockdown of the iPhone. I should be able to run whatever application I want on my own device. Not the governement telling Apple, "Hey, people should be able to run what they want on their own device".