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Facetime was also meant to be an open protocol. I think we just have to accept that big corporations can say whatever and do whatever and get away with it. Beca
by the_common_man 10y ago
Facetime was also meant to be an open protocol. I think we just have to accept that big corporations can say whatever and do whatever and get away with it. Because we let them get away with it. Convenience trumps everything.
- threeseed 10y agoFacetime was due to a patent dispute: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/05/patent-troll-that-beat-apple-now-wants-judge-to-block-facetime-imessages/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/05/patent-troll-that... Pretty sure Apple would've liked to open it up if they could.
- MBCook 10y agoBonus fun: Steve Jobs announced that without telling anyone before hand, and haven't talked it over with the lawyers. Even if it wasn't for the patent suit I'm not 100% sure what would've happened.
- thingexplainer 10y agoI think we should attempt to address the ills we find in society, lest we see them expand rapidly without any counter force.