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> or Apple. Yeah Apple has hurt so many people, making them buy nice smartphones and personal computers. Occasionally they force people to buy earbuds or a wat
by adventured 6y ago
> or Apple.
Yeah Apple has hurt so many people, making them buy nice smartphones and personal computers. Occasionally they force people to buy earbuds or a watch. What an evil corporation, all those happy bouncy ads they run on TV, it's outrageous. Evil personified. Nuke Cupertino before they nuke us first. Who are they to tell me to think different? Who knows what they'll force us to buy next. I'm personally invoking NATO's Article 5, we've been attacked, they've weaponized an app store by setting their fees too high for developers.
- chrisco255 6y agoAntitrust isn't necessarily about being evil. AT&T wasn't evil either, but they needed to be broken up. Apple's abusive app store policies, they are certainly worth looking at and they should probably be forced to allow for alternative app stores and maybe forced to have stronger support for Progressive Web Apps. That would be a reasonable remedy.
- chrismcb 6y agoDid the NEED to be broken up?
- chrisco255 6y agoDefinitely, and we've benefitted tremendously from the subsequent competition and innovation in telecom after that. Don't know if you realize this, but there used to be a time when you'd spend a lot of money just to make long distance phone calls. The fees charged were of course disproportionate to the cost of carrying those calls. They were rent-seekers, and deserved to be broken up.
- causality0 6y agoAll of those arguments also apply to Facebook. I'm not nor have I ever been a Facebook user. I'm not forced to engage with Facebook in any form.