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Nobody forces you to buy a Ford or a Chevy either but both of those manufacturers have to follow very strict rules about how they make and sell cars. If our co
by wayneftw 6y ago
Nobody forces you to buy a Ford or a Chevy either but both of those manufacturers have to follow very strict rules about how they make and sell cars.
If our country decides to make a rule about how smart phones should be created, sold or operated and Apple doesn’t like it, they can go and do business somewhere else.
- scarface74 6y agoDo console makers have to follow “very strict rules”.
- wayneftw 6y agoIf we make some laws that say they do then yeah they will have to.
- scarface74 6y agoAnd Tesla? Will they also have to allow third parties to “upgrade” their cars since many of the additional features are software controlled? Why stop there? Kindles? Roku sticks? WebOS TVs? TiVo’s? Cable boxes?
- wvenable 6y agoYou make that sound bad? People have historically upgraded and modified their cars, their computers, their electronics, and their homes.
- wayneftw 6y agoWe already have such laws for automobiles - https://apb-law.com/understanding-magnuson-moss-act-relates-aftermarket-car-parts/ https://apb-law.com/understanding-magnuson-moss-act-relates-...
- ac29 6y agoI think if any of those had paid app stores with extortionate rates charged to developers, then yes - there is a pro-consumer argument to be made in favor of allowing third party applications from other sources.
- scarface74 6y agoRoku in fact does extort streaming services providers and they have to make rev share deals just to be on their platform - except for Netflix. Streaming services can be on iOS platforms without giving Apple a dime.
- skuthus 6y agothis sounds amazing - I want that
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