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RE: #3, how exactly is this an anti-trust case? Here's a refutation of that notion I found elsewhere (part of the conversation around Google being find by the E

RE: #3, how exactly is this an anti-trust case? Here's a refutation of that notion I found elsewhere (part of the conversation around Google being find by the EU): > Anti-competitive practices aren’t illegal - it’s called “business”. For that matter, monopolies aren’t illegal (not that Apple even comes close to being considered one). You can even use monopoly power in an anti-competive way and be on solid legal footing. It’s not an anti-trust issue until you either collude or use monopoly power to leverage other company products or services in an anti-competive way (as Google did). That’s 3 criteria that must all be present and Apple is nowhere close on 2 of them. http://disq.us/p/1uelmvq http://disq.us/p/1uelmvq Also, do you really truly believe Apple is the most evil corp to ever succeed at scale in computing? Really?

writepub 8y ago
Yes - the most evil companies go for after well established freedoms. Apple has gone after the freedom of it's users to run apps of their choosing, or use industry standard computer accessories of their choosing, just to inflate their bottom line. And all along, their PR messaging is about how their totalitarian control is in the user's best interest.
- 9935c101ab17a66 8y ago
  You didn't address the anti-trust claim. Regarding the rest of your comment, apple are NOT going after your freedom to run apps of your choosing (sidetone: kind of an oblique and overly dramatic way of phrasing it, don't you think?). They do instead offer a different model for the design of their mobile operating system that relies on stringent access control to both improve simplicity and security. Listen, I'm fine with you not agreeing with how iOS is designed and how Apple acts a gatekeeper for distributing applications. It's not a perfect system, and it definitely has it's downsides. But you DO have the freedom to buy any tablet/smartphone you wish (or to not own one at all), and apple isn't doing anything to restrict said freedom. Do you also not recognize the benefits of the way iOS works? I'm not even asking you to concede that the design has a net-positive. But you have to admit, there are SOME benefits of iOS' design. As a personal anecdote, I can tell you that my mom absolutely disliked personal computers (and digital cameras) and refused to use them for years. She started using an iPad maybe five years ago and she absolutely loves it, and I've never once had to remove malware from her computer, help her try to recover corrupted or lost photos, or any of the other mundane and often complicated tasks a 'regular' computer user would have to deal with. (This applies to macOS / windows / linux, etc). I encourage to reconsider your position. I'm not saying that Apple doesn't have faults, and their implementations/decisions are perfect. But your statements are histrionic and you come across as a bit hysterical.
  - writepub 8y ago
    About 99% of grandmoms and moms in India and China use Android. The only thing "histrionic" & "hysterical" here is your normalization of Apple's penchant for trampling on freedoms to inflate their bottom line. How fast is your 2 year old iPhone BTW, with the "performance" throttling feature Apple added to it's OS, that resulted in convictions and fines in Europe? Planned obsolescence is the most evil thing any company can resort to, to force sell new devices.

writepub 8y ago

Yes - the most evil companies go for after well established freedoms. Apple has gone after the freedom of it's users to run apps of their choosing, or use industry standard computer accessories of their choosing, just to inflate their bottom line. And all along, their PR messaging is about how their totalitarian control is in the user's best interest.

9935c101ab17a66 8y ago
You didn't address the anti-trust claim. Regarding the rest of your comment, apple are NOT going after your freedom to run apps of your choosing (sidetone: kind of an oblique and overly dramatic way of phrasing it, don't you think?). They do instead offer a different model for the design of their mobile operating system that relies on stringent access control to both improve simplicity and security. Listen, I'm fine with you not agreeing with how iOS is designed and how Apple acts a gatekeeper for distributing applications. It's not a perfect system, and it definitely has it's downsides. But you DO have the freedom to buy any tablet/smartphone you wish (or to not own one at all), and apple isn't doing anything to restrict said freedom. Do you also not recognize the benefits of the way iOS works? I'm not even asking you to concede that the design has a net-positive. But you have to admit, there are SOME benefits of iOS' design. As a personal anecdote, I can tell you that my mom absolutely disliked personal computers (and digital cameras) and refused to use them for years. She started using an iPad maybe five years ago and she absolutely loves it, and I've never once had to remove malware from her computer, help her try to recover corrupted or lost photos, or any of the other mundane and often complicated tasks a 'regular' computer user would have to deal with. (This applies to macOS / windows / linux, etc). I encourage to reconsider your position. I'm not saying that Apple doesn't have faults, and their implementations/decisions are perfect. But your statements are histrionic and you come across as a bit hysterical.
- writepub 8y ago
  About 99% of grandmoms and moms in India and China use Android. The only thing "histrionic" & "hysterical" here is your normalization of Apple's penchant for trampling on freedoms to inflate their bottom line. How fast is your 2 year old iPhone BTW, with the "performance" throttling feature Apple added to it's OS, that resulted in convictions and fines in Europe? Planned obsolescence is the most evil thing any company can resort to, to force sell new devices.