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I have cut back in my use of Facebook, Apple, and Amazon. These companies are dangers to consumers and developers at their current scale. I'm not sure that is d
by mkirklions 8y ago
I have cut back in my use of Facebook, Apple, and Amazon. These companies are dangers to consumers and developers at their current scale. I'm not sure that is debatable either.
As much as I like capitalism, these tech giants have power that worry me.
- asutekku 8y agoThe others I get but what is the problem with Apple?
- treis 8y agoRent seeking behavior in the app and service marketplaces.
- symfoniq 8y agoAnd increasingly user-hostile products.
- cptskippy 8y agoApple exerts pressures and demands on it's ODMs similar to what Walmart did on vendors in the 90s. Google all of the troubles Foxconn has been having with it's workforce, this is primarily due to it's relationship with Apple.
- tracker1 8y agoAnd don't forget their war with 3rd party repair options, which does not help them, since their own options are overpriced, and generally their genius techs are less knowledgeable.
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