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If you purchase the hardware for the product, no company should be able to stop you from installing whatever you like on the product.
by skuthus 6y ago
If you purchase the hardware for the product, no company should be able to stop you from installing whatever you like on the product.
- scarface74 6y agoLike in consoles for the past thirty years? Why is it the government’s responsibility to stop you from buying a device that doesn’t fit your needs when you had an option.
- wayneftw 6y agoYou seem to be stuck on continually making the point that if something hasn’t happened already that it should never happen. Phones are a lot more important than consoles but, if a law doesn’t exist let’s make one that applies to both phones and consoles. This is our country. If Apple doesn’t like it they can go do business somewhere else.
- scarface74 6y agoRight because giving the government more power can’t possibly have negative consequences. Did you watch the congressional testimony a few days ago? Would you trust this government to pass laws with regards to tech?
- d0gbread 6y agoYes, that's exactly the goal. Antitrust laws need to be updated for today's technology and businesses.
- scarface74 6y agoAnd you trust the current politicians who were more concerned about Big Tech being unfair to conservatives than they were about antitrust. Did anything productive come out of the dog and pony shoe?
- xvector 6y agoIt is honestly frightening that HN wants to give the government more power over tech after what we've seen from Australia and forced backdoors.
- Apocryphon 6y agoIt is honestly frightening that HN wants to give Apple more power over tech after what we've seen from their treatment of HEY, the butterfly keyboard, and the Magic Mouse 2 port.
- xvector 6y agoGod forbid a company makes products they want? How is the Magic Mouse 2 hurting you in any way?
- Apocryphon 6y agohttps://www.creativebloq.com/news/worst-apple-design-ever https://www.creativebloq.com/news/worst-apple-design-ever
- xvector 6y agoAgain, neither you nor the government get to force a company into making products you like. Apple does not exist for you or your whims. There are plenty of other mice on the market, and the Magic Mouse 2 isn’t harming you in any way.
- Apocryphon 6y agoI actually use a Magic Mouse 2 and am quite satisfied with it, but others disagree. The previous post was obviously a facetious one.
- scarface74 6y agoYes because Apple with 10% market share in computers has so much power over the computer market. I’m sure the same congress where one of the Senators asked Zuckerberg about why Twitter put Don Jr in time out could design the perfect keyboard and mouse. Basecamp also restricts who can integrate with their platform.
- gramakri 6y agoYeah, I very much side by this view. It's not coming from a monopoly standpoint but from a ownership standpoint. I bought something, so artificial barriers to installing/tinkering with it must be removed.
- 627467 6y agoAll barriers in this case can only be artificial. Think of the court case where FBI tried to make Apple develop software to their specs: it's hard to justify this order even though it seemed like it had legal standing. Apple doesn't have to develop what you want them to develop. But it could be in their interest to avoid being labeled as an abusive monopolistic power. In won't make them any less abusive or monopolistic, but it knocks out some detractors.
- mirthflat83 6y agoWhen push comes to shove Apple should just let people install Android on iPhones