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It fits Apple overall thinking of enabling maximum privacy and ownership by the users. But it will be a walled garden again. Imagine all iPhones forming one ne

by oaiey 7y ago

It fits Apple overall thinking of enabling maximum privacy and ownership by the users. But it will be a walled garden again. Imagine all iPhones forming one network. The privacy, space based, will be awesome. But there will be one exit node to the public Internet. In future, as a website owner I will need a license from Apple, they will review my web page and want a cut of all transactions. In summary: no thanks. That is privacy but not freedom.

tempodox 7y ago
> privacy but not freedom Freedom does not guarantee ROI. Limiting user's choices and lock-in somewhat does. This conflict of interest seems impossible to resolve with an organization whose raison d'être is making money.
- oaiey 7y ago
  Yeah. I never doubt that. That is the reason I believe this will actually happen. It makes sense.
m11a 7y ago
Nothing to suggest that Apple is not in favour of net neutrality. > "We work hard to build great products, and what consumers do with those tools is up to them — not Apple, and not broadband providers," Cynthia Hogan, VP of public policy at Apple, said in a comment filed to the FCC. Yes, Apple regulate their App Store, they control what goes on and they have a licensing fee. That's also why the App Store is not like the Play Store. Apps are generally of a higher quality and better designed. They keep a tight lock on what is on that store. But that's for a specific purpose. There's nothing to suggest that they would plan to do the same in the browser.
- oaiey 7y ago
  And what will make you think the same reason will not be applied to web pages. It makes absolutely sense to me.
  - m11a 7y ago
    You'll have to explain how it makes sense to you, because it doesn't to me. If they were going to do it they could do it already. They don't need to be their own ISP for iDevices to block content. They control the browser and the OS: they can block content just off the device.

by oaiey 7y ago

tempodox 7y ago

> privacy but not freedom Freedom does not guarantee ROI. Limiting user's choices and lock-in somewhat does. This conflict of interest seems impossible to resolve with an organization whose raison d'être is making money.

oaiey 7y ago
Yeah. I never doubt that. That is the reason I believe this will actually happen. It makes sense.

m11a 7y ago

Nothing to suggest that Apple is not in favour of net neutrality. > "We work hard to build great products, and what consumers do with those tools is up to them — not Apple, and not broadband providers," Cynthia Hogan, VP of public policy at Apple, said in a comment filed to the FCC. Yes, Apple regulate their App Store, they control what goes on and they have a licensing fee. That's also why the App Store is not like the Play Store. Apps are generally of a higher quality and better designed. They keep a tight lock on what is on that store. But that's for a specific purpose. There's nothing to suggest that they would plan to do the same in the browser.

oaiey 7y ago
And what will make you think the same reason will not be applied to web pages. It makes absolutely sense to me.
- m11a 7y ago
  You'll have to explain how it makes sense to you, because it doesn't to me. If they were going to do it they could do it already. They don't need to be their own ISP for iDevices to block content. They control the browser and the OS: they can block content just off the device.