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There was a movie that took these policies to their logical conclusion: Repo Men. "In the near future, you can buy artificial organs on credit. But you had bet
by meekrohprocess 6y ago
There was a movie that took these policies to their logical conclusion: Repo Men.
"In the near future, you can buy artificial organs on credit. But you had better make those payments..."
When so many people don't have a way of accessing the internet besides of their phones, and internet access is essential to meaningfully participate in our society and economy, these sorts of actions become less defensible. It's all about context.
On the bright side for Google/Apple/etc, they have wormed their way into our collective lives to the point where "phone culture" might start to drive legislative decisions in the same way that "car culture" did in the past decades.
- tikhonj 6y ago> might start to drive legislative decisions in the same way that "car culture" did in the past decades. ...and that's been an unmitigated disaster on several levels. I like the idea of the internet being a utility more than personal car transportation being a utility but I can still see lots of ways for it to fall apart. Aggressive content controls? Mandated DRM for everyone? Strong restrictions on what kind of devices and software you can use? Crackdowns on encryption? All for your own good, of course...
- grishka 6y agoLooking at the way it's moving, it'd probably be the exact opposite. I would very much appreciate a ban on manufacturers having any technical means to control their devices after sale. You bought it, it's yours, period.
- edmundsauto 6y agoShould manufacturers have to support the modifications that people make?
- grishka 6y agoOf course not. If you modified your device, and if that broke it, you've voided your warranty, doesn't it already work this way?
- edmundsauto 6y agoWhat about cases where it's unclear whether the device is broken by the modification, or whether it broke under the modification? EG, early on in jailbreaking you could "brick" your phone - should Apple have responsibility to fix the device after that?
- grishka 6y agoIt does become clear at some point while diagnosing the problem, which is when they charge you money for the repair. But as someone who has literally never used their warranties... I can't relate.
- goatinaboat 6y agoand that's been an unmitigated disaster on several levels. Regulating Google as if it was the phone company (no pun intended), the postal service, or any utility however makes a lot of sense.
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- wmf 6y agoWhen so many people don't have a way of accessing the internet besides of their phones, and internet access is essential to meaningfully participate in our society and economy... Let's zoom out a little more. If a phone is so essential yet the only way people can afford it is credit, what's the real problem here? Is it the structure of the economy?
- scollet 6y agoI recommend the musical instead. It has that theatrical lensing you don't really get with an action thriller. IMO, it suggests that the logical conclusion has already been met long ago, and it's not something to anticipate in some imagined dystopian future.