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Device belongs to you, but software belongs to the Apple. If you want your device to fully belong to you, you need to find a device supporting software which yo
by vbezhenar 5y ago
Device belongs to you, but software belongs to the Apple. If you want your device to fully belong to you, you need to find a device supporting software which you can control. Otherwise you're at corporation mercy when it comes to privacy and other sensitive topics.
- feanaro 5y agoI agree this is effectively how it is today in some countries, but I don't consider this an acceptable stance. Software cannot be exempted from normal rules of physical ownership of sold goods. You sold me a device, which also means you sold me the software within because the device is useless without it. The software is not separate from the device, it is the device. Of course, that doesn't mean I can do whatever I see fit with the software; I cannot redistribute it under my own terms. But insofar the actions I take with the software strictly pertain to my own usage of my own device, I should be allowed to do it. And it also means you (the company) shouldn't be able to do with the software installed on my device as you see fit.
- yunohn 5y ago> Otherwise you're at corporation mercy when it comes to privacy and other sensitive topics. Despite HN’s desire, the vast majority of touch points in our daily lives are NOT open source. I’d rather laws be setup to safeguard my privacy versus relying on “FOSS” as if that’s a panacea.