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I'm pretty unhappy as a consumer.

• surfpel 6y ago
  A consumer can jailbreak their iPhone and install apps that way, or buy an Android phone. You have choices.
  • saagarjha 6y ago
    > A consumer can jailbreak their iPhone Apple would prefer that you don't, and tries as hard as it possibly can to make this impossible.
    • surfpel 6y ago
      > or buy an android
      • doublerabbit 6y ago
        Lesser of two evils. If anything this lawsuit should be both at both, Apple and Google. Both cripple your devices and both dump you in their walled garden. All applications should be universal as the same for game services like xbox live, psn and so.
        • surfpel 6y ago
          > cripple your devices and both dump you in their walled garden What? This certainly doesn’t cripple the devices, and I’m the one who purchased products I knew would only work with Apple. That’s consumer choice.
  • munk-a 6y ago
    If a consumer does this they waive the right to all sorts of hardware warranties. Essentially, if they jailbreak their phone, Apple no longer recognizes it as an Apple Device so no, you don't effectively have a choice.
    • surfpel 6y ago
      > or buy an android
• RonanTheGrey 6y ago
  I actually left Android for Apple because I can't stomach Google's hoovering up the entire world's data, but honestly I've gotten to the point that at least Google is the devil you know. I can do things on Android et al to control how much data Google gets about me. I can do nothing about Apple controlling how I am allowed to use my insanely expensive device. A few years ago it didn't matter so much. Apple's deal had its foibles, but recently they've gone full evil and I am seriously looking at my next device being Android and getting my entire family off Apple. The problem is that will bring with it months of "did I lose something?" and having to keep both phones around. I have resisted for a long time, it is not an easy process.