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> Apple is giving the end user control over how their own device behaves here. Are they? That's not really their approach to many things. It seems to me they a
by kodablah 9y ago
> Apple is giving the end user control over how their own device behaves here.
Are they? That's not really their approach to many things. It seems to me they are making decisions for users. I have nothing of note to say on this specific change, but we should be careful about where we want "neutrality" applied in our network go-betweens (be them ISPs, devices, whatever).
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- mikeash 9y agoIt’s an option you can turn off, so, yes, they are.
- kodablah 9y agoSurely we can acknowledge that control is not binary? There was no control that said "don't turn this on by default" or a control that lets me set the specific parameters of cookie sharing. The essence of neutrality concerns is the absence of control. Whether an ISP allows you to turn off the on-by-default traffic shaping or whether a device lets you turn off the on-by-default cookie restrictions is not the concern. It's whether these go-betweens make decisions for us, such as cookie sharing parameters, video downsampling, etc.
- mikeash 9y agoThe essence of neutrality concerns is the absence of control. Apple gives the user control over this, and many other aspects of the browsing experience. So... what's the problem here?