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I do willingly opt-out of the Apple platform. However, if I lived in the US, I would be forced to buy an iPhone, because of the (you guessed it) propietary lock
by esclerofilo 6y ago
I do willingly opt-out of the Apple platform. However, if I lived in the US, I would be forced to buy an iPhone, because of the (you guessed it) propietary lock-in that is iMessage.
Regulation is necessary.
- sneak 6y agoI don't think that's correct, there is nothing forcing you to use iMessage. Lock-in is not compulsion, you can simply stop using the product.
- paulnechifor 6y ago"Stop using the product" works for coffee, where if you don't like it you can try an alternative. But with the cash cows of mega corps you often have few alternatives and it's intentionally difficult to switch. I don't understand why some are wary of government regulations, but have no qualms about being controlled by major corporations where you don't even have a vote.
- sneak 6y agoI used to use iMessage every day. It was my primary mode of communication for 10-ish years. I bought iPhones as gifts for others who didn't have them, just so we could iMessage. Today, I never use iMessage. I'm not logged in to it on any devices. A big part of this was Apple backdooring the end-to-end cryptography (with full plaintext message history and key escrow via iCloud Backup, which is not e2e encrypted, and on by default for all users) which makes it way less secure. Turns out that iMessage is optional. All of the other forms of communication that existed before and after it are still available to you as options. There's no law or any requirement anywhere that you use it. "Lock-in" is colloquial: you're free to leave at any time. I was, and I did. Anyone can.
- avalys 6y agoWhat are you talking about?
- spideymans 6y agoHow is it that people successfully move from iPhone to Android if iMessage is locking them in?