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Once sold, an Apple device is no longer the property of Apple. Maintaining exclusive access to the primary (and I'd argue only) means of purchasing software for
by ifmpx 6y ago
Once sold, an Apple device is no longer the property of Apple. Maintaining exclusive access to the primary (and I'd argue only) means of purchasing software for a device they do not own is a monopoly, even if it might not have been classically considered as such.
I hope the investigation ends in telegrams favor.
- scarface74 6y agoDo you feel the same way about consoles? But the question remains, why buy a device that doesn’t meet your needs if there are alternatives?
- Apocryphon 6y agoPerhaps they bought the device based on the primary metric of security and privacy. But with the banning of Telegram, it turns out the potential for secure chat is insufficient on iOS. Therefore, Apple is falsely advertising themselves as a privacy-focused platform. [0] Therefore, the legal options available to Apple are either 1) open up their platform, 2) permit Telegram to be sold on the App Store, or 3) rescind their false advertising. The ball is in the EU court. [0] https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/03/14/privacy-thats-iphone-ad-campaign-launches-highlights-apples-stance-on-user-protection https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/03/14/privacy-thats-iph...
- scarface74 6y agoTelegram was not banned. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/telegram-messenger/id686449807 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/telegram-messenger/id686449807
- ghostwriter 6y ago> Maintaining exclusive access to the primary (and I'd argue only) means of purchasing software for a device they do not own is a monopoly The device is yours, the operating system is not, it has its own license and you even get regular updates of its terms. If you don't agree with them, you are free to jailbreak your device and use it at your own discretion & expense.