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No. This would entrench their monopolies even further. It should be legally required that any device that is marketed as a general-purpose computer, whether po
by grishka 5y ago
No. This would entrench their monopolies even further.
It should be legally required that any device that is marketed as a general-purpose computer, whether pocketable or not, and is shipped in a locked state, is fully unlockable by the end user. Without a single network packet sent to manufacturer's servers. That's the only way we as a society could fix this dire situation.
In other words, if I buy a phone from Apple, I should have the choice for this to be the only interaction I have with Apple. They sold it to me. I gave them money, they gave me an iPhone. It's mine now. They're no longer in possession of it. I thus should be able to run arbitrary code on it with highest privileges possible with no hindrance.
- kryptozinc 5y agoSure, though they may chose to wipe iOS from your device if you unlock it. Then you are free to build your own os and execute root level code if you wish.
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoOkay, so you want to live in a world where you buy a car and the manufacturer will wipe the engine firmware or lock the vehicle if you change oil without their permission? Thats already happening to farming equipment. You will love in a world where you own nothing, and have less control over your life than a medieval surf - all devices are becoming 'smart', frok door locks to toasters
- grishka 5y agoI'd love an iPhone that runs Android tbh
- stale2002 5y agoActually, no. The other option is that the court forces Apple to not do that, and fines them billions of dollars if they refuse. South Korea is already doing significant laws that are at least related to this conversation. I expect more countries to pass similar laws soon.
- monocularvision 5y agoSo then they don’t market it is a general purpose computer? How would you solve for that?
- grishka 5y agoThen it shouldn't have a publicly available SDK because appliances often don't have one.