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I’m starting to wonder if this is Apple’s strategy all along. They’ve had pressure for years from law enforcement to abuse their monopoly power to invade people
by labster 5y ago
I’m starting to wonder if this is Apple’s strategy all along. They’ve had pressure for years from law enforcement to abuse their monopoly power to invade people's privacy. So they implement it in a relatively naive approach and sell in a hamfisted way, so that everyone turns against them for a little while. Apple backs off, and every time after this they point law enforcement to this debacle. See, we can’t help you, our customers wouldn’t tolerate it!
Not sure if it’s true or not, but we shouldn’t assume companies always intend their public plans to succeed. Maybe they actually want a high profile retreat — it could certainly save them development time down the road by not implementing government misfeatures.
- JumpCrisscross 5y ago> they actually want a high profile retreat Still incompetent. This would have made sense under another administration. The only thing holding back the antitrust dogs is public opinion. An Apple antitrust case would be politically costly in a way a Facebook case wouldn't. This type of thing corrodes the core of the pro-Apple vocal minority. It's bad GR, if that was the plan.
- cryptonector 5y agoThe average joe doesn't care about antitrust.
- JumpCrisscross 5y ago> average joe doesn't care about antitrust Neither do they about privacy.
- cryptonector 5y agoThey almost certainly care more about privacy. Enough more? No. But when horror stories start filtering out they'll care more, even if it is too late.
- arthurcolle 5y agoGR?
- JumpCrisscross 5y agoGovernment relations.