Comment by oscargrouch

I've seen Apple get away with this bad monopolistic behavior through hypocrisy more and more.

Apple is denying people their real rights to install whatever they want in their own machines, forcing everything to go through their app store, where they have the last word of who can or cannot distribute software to the platforms they have created.

They know that if they use the common "we are thinking of your well being" their customers and fans will just believe they are a good-willing company with no other interests than their users safety and well being.

I don't know why the majority of the crowd here in HN, who use to be so harsh in pointing out this kind of behavior in companies like Google and Microsoft, have this blindness with everything that has to do with Apple.

It will worth nothing, if after have defeated this beast with GNU, Linux, the Web, open software revolution, etc.. we end up not protecting what we have achieved so far, because somehow one company trying to secure their profits and its position in the market, get away with behaviors that can ultimately destroy the culture of freedom, open-source software and ultimately, digital rights, which our legislators are not prepared to defend, really understanding the threats and the dire future they represent if we dont uncover the true intentions behind this BS.