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> “Walled gardens have existed for decades,” said the judge. “Nintendo has had a walled garden. Sony has had a walled garden. Microsoft has had a walled garden.
by Shared404 6y ago
> “Walled gardens have existed for decades,” said the judge. “Nintendo has had a walled garden. Sony has had a walled garden. Microsoft has had a walled garden. What Apple’s doing is not much different...
So is this case is going to determine if phones are general purpose computers or game consoles?
Many people use a phone instead of a computer, often it's an individual/families only internet access. I don't think there are any examples of general purpose computers acting as walled gardens.
Edit: Change first sentence to question.
- JumpCrisscross 6y ago> if phones are general purpose computers or game consoles There is zero law that makes this distinction.
- Shared404 6y agoTrue. I wonder if there needs to be. It worries me that game consoles, an appliance used for playing games, could be used to set a precedent for general purpose computing that could quite possibly lead in a direction non/very few of us want to go.
- falcolas 6y agoGaming consoles are no longer just gaming consoles. They’re also web browsers (albeit inferior ones) and media consumption machines (music and movies). One could even argue that they’re media creation machines, with the presence of RPG Maker (and a few other pieces of software I can’t recall the names of at the moment).
- Shared404 6y agoInteresting point. That being said, the only uses I've seen consoles used for are gaming and media consumption. I know there's web browsers on there, but I don't think I've ever actually seen one used. As for media creation, I don't know. There's certainly an argument to be made for it, but I don't know where playing a game stops and making a game begins.
- sjwright 6y agoI think it’s a bad road to go down to have different legal precinct based on an opinion about how certain devices tend to be used and the subjective importance of them. Also, I can’t help but notice the circular logic—a game console isn’t general purpose because it’s locked down so as not to be general purpose.
- username90 6y agoLegal battles that are won by "the wrong side" are a solid foundation for making new laws.