Comment by eecc
2 years ago
I've been a loyal iPhone user since what? the iPhone 3.
The moment Apple is forced to "open up to the competition", all Meta apps are going to magically move to the Meta Store, where they'll likely be able to shove all sorts of tracking garbage down my throat.
Same for Alphabet, same for Samsung, same for Microsoft.
The experience will turn into a hopeless struggle against EULAs and consents, unless one refuses to install any third-party spyware and do the digital equivalent of moving into a forest cabin. The oddball, while everyone else sheepishly complies.
Evenyone loves to hate Apple, everyone forgets that the first commercial music store to sell unencrypted and hugh fidelity AAC files was Apple's. The rest was "squirting" tunes on Zune or inflicting Realmedia on their paying customers.
Nope.
I don't think your points about Google, Facebook and Microsoft. Firstly. If they are doing things we don't want them to do, the solution is regulations, not a monopoly.
So if you're unhappy with their behaviour, that should be made illegal.
Secondly. Apple's protection against tracking comes from the OS level. The OS stops them from accessing my contacts and my GPS location, not apple's 30% tax.
> sell unencrypted and hugh fidelity AAC files was Apple's.
So what. How unencrypted are those audio files now? They've since moved on to FairPlay.
Sure, let’s wait for the regulators to wake up and haggle with the lobbyists while the rest of the world takes a beating.
Ever heard of the expression “closing the barn door after the horse has bolted”?
How about we regulate tracking apps etc first then force Apple to change?
This argument leads nowhere since it just as well applies the other way around.
Both are problems, both need solving.
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