Comment by aspenmayer
8 months ago
> When Apple created iOS it was a closed platform. When they added the ability to create third party native apps they were clear that the platform would be a walled garden.
It clearly was not a closed platform in the way that Apple believed. It never should have been closed. I own my devices, so I get to decide what they run. It’s my electricity driving the chips, so I decide which bits get flipped. Simple as.
I do hear you, I just don’t know if I have the same perception of the facts on the ground. Google and Apple should be compelled to support users’ decisions about whether to defer to the corporate overlords, or not.
> I own my devices, so I get to decide what they run.
That's not how the law works.
As long as the device creator is absolutely clear to consumers that choosing their platform means that consumers will be buying into a walled garden, it's perfectly legal.
The only way to change that is to change the law, as the EU did.
I think we’re arguing past each other. I agree that a law may be needed to compel them to acknowledge rights that users already have in practice.
A right that can’t be exercised is a wrong.
Nobody forces users to buy into a walled garden platform. If you make that choice, you voluntarily gave up the ability to run any software you like.
You do have the right to choose an open platform instead.
Hopefully from a vendor that doesn't break its promises.
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I guess I should say that folks have those rights in principle, but not in practice.
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