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> They already have the code in place to do this, and the only reason it isn’t this way now is pushback and a campaign by Facebook that it might be anticompetit
by MisterTea 6y ago
> They already have the code in place to do this, and the only reason it isn’t this way now is pushback and a campaign by Facebook that it might be anticompetitive for them to use their power over the operating system to limit the ad industry this way.
I think you forgot that the user owns the computer and gets to decide what code runs. Not facebook, the ad industry or apple.
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- coldtea 6y agoThe user just buys a computer and buys or install an OS on it (or gets on with an OS pre-installed). They do get their pick of OS, but they don't get to decide what the OS allows, beyond what's available as a configuration. They can tinker with the OS settings (where available) or even code if they have it, but most users don't have the knowledge or time to do so, even if their OS of choice is FOSS.
- zepto 6y agoThere is no modern computer for which this is true. It is an ideological denial of computer science. Nobody decides for themselves what code runs on their computer beyond the tiny fraction for which they understand the source code. They only decide where the code comes from, and to what extent they trust the origin.