Comment by _aavaa_

2 years ago

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.

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eecc  2 years ago

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”?

katbyte  2 years ago

How about we regulate tracking apps etc first then force Apple to change?

  • _aavaa_  2 years ago

    This argument leads nowhere since it just as well applies the other way around.

    Both are problems, both need solving.

    • katbyte  2 years ago

      no?

      removing/decreasing apples ability to police apps before regulation means you are opening users to hostile apps.

      adding regulation and setting standards for apps and data tracking and then removing/limiting apples ability to police apps does not.

      these are not the same thing?

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