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> Are they owned more by google or apple than say Windows and well.. MacOS? Well, yes. There's a legal definition that explains what exactly it means to "own"
by otabdeveloper4 7y ago
> Are they owned more by google or apple than say Windows and well.. MacOS?
Well, yes. There's a legal definition that explains what exactly it means to "own" something that I don't care to delve into right now, but in a nutshell, it involves things like being able to control, use and delegate the object in question in arbitrary ways.
Google/Apple remote-control your phone. They don't exercise that capability, mostly[1], but its mere existence shows that you don't own your phone.
[1] Apple went and deleted a bunch of apps I 'owned' and paid for. There is no way to get them back now. People think this is somehow the new normal, but I think this is slightly insane.
- Insanity 7y agoIt is but windows has similar backdoors and just does not use them. I am not arguing against you by the way, I completely agree with you in fact. But I don't think it is worse than the propriatery operating systems on our computers. :)
- otabdeveloper4 7y ago> It is but windows has similar backdoors and just does not use them. I'm pretty sure they're illegal. Or were, back when people didn't have confused notions about what constitutes 'ownership'.
- Insanity 7y agoI mean that windows can push any update, closed source, so you can't verify what it does. That is an accepted 'backdoor'