Re:Proton joins suit against Apple for predatory practices
by 6510 on Monday June 30, 2025 @07:53PM
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Reminds me of "Consuming kids" where the marketeers conclude the children in the family decide which car brand dad will buy.
Re:Proton joins suit against Apple for predatory practices
by sneak on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @12:07AM
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I remember many years ago when I realized this is what they were doing with iMessage. It’s really truly brilliant.
I went all in; for years I paid 100% to replace phones of friends or lovers who were still sending archaic SMS.
It’s the implicit camraderie between the speaker and listener in “A computer for the rest of us…”
Today, I don’t even have iMessage enabled on my disposable carrier number. It’s off off.
Re:Proton joins suit against Apple for predatory practices
by wickedsight on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @04:52AM
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> No, I don't think it's an understatement at all....
It's interesting how this seems like an incredibly American problem. In Europe everyone either uses WhatsApp or Signal and iMessage is hardly ever used.
In the difficulty of non-iMessage compatibility, I have had people close to me say "Why don't you just get an iPhone?" with an incredulous tone.
Perhaps tech companies have had more evil things happen on their platforms, that for whatever reason they were slow to react to.
But
"Why don't you just get an iPhone" was a precisely and meticulously engineered line, pure social manipulation, that was intentionally orchestrated to be delivered to me through the mouths of the people I trust most in my life turned unknowing pawns.
That is why I consider it the most evil. Apple is by design purposely exploiting a core human function, close social circle communication, to trap people in their garden.