3 ms·
Except there are no negative rights being infringed upon here. You can hardly appeal to natural law for the right to publish what you want on someone else's pla
by yossarian1408 5y ago
Except there are no negative rights being infringed upon here. You can hardly appeal to natural law for the right to publish what you want on someone else's platform. Liberty is defined as being 'free from', not 'free to'.
> We've seen examples in China of Apple blocking apps that literally lead to people failing to escape authoritarian governments and them disappearing, quite possibly to their death.
This seems very flimsy but I would be genuinely interested in reading up on this, if you could provide a source/reference. Either way, this is a great reason not to use and publish on the iOS platform. But the irony of suggesting government overreach as a cure for the ails of extreme government overreach in another country is not lost on me.
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoI want freedom from Apple controlling iPhone that is now my property. Where is my liberty?
- yossarian1408 5y agoLiberty does not mean freedom. Actually, the positive freedom you want for would come at cost of the negative liberties of other individuals. And an iPhone being your property does not change the properties of the iPhone you bought. You can tinker with it as much as your ability allows you to, but if you are not happy with the limitations of the device than you should not have bought that device.
- echelon 5y agoThat device is causing rippling negative externalities across our industry. It's gone beyond your choice or my choice - Apple is gravitationally distorting the entire industry and bending it to its will.
- CRConrad 5y ago> Liberty does not mean freedom. Actually that's literally exactly what it means.