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Seeing all of the ancillary legal fallout from the Epic Games trial is convincing me that the EU learned the wrong lesson from the US' dealings with Microsoft i
by chrisfinazzo 5y ago
Seeing all of the ancillary legal fallout from the Epic Games trial is convincing me that the EU learned the wrong lesson from the US' dealings with Microsoft in the 90's.
The OEM model (at least for computing platforms) is how the world works. Fragmenting it helps no one, save for perhaps the software freedom crowd.
They continue to fight the old war and at some point, it just might come back to bite them.
- chrisfinazzo 5y agoAlas, downvotes. To those who disagree with me, what's the alternative? It just seems like the EU is fundamentally opposed to this model which would mean any company is no longer in charge of their own destiny. "There's no advantage to being a platform owner? Eh, OK, let's just not bother trying then." It's a bad look.
- smoldesu 5y agoApple can still provide all of the OEM features if they really want, the obvious solution here is to give people the option to install third-party things (eg. Please enter your PIN number to confirm a third-party installation) and then boom! You're finished. It's quite obvious that the only reason Apple hasn't added that feature is because they have no intention on losing their stranglehold on the App Store. Without sole propriety of software, Apple's value proposition starts to crumble. So, why should we let them keep it? What do we, as a society, gain from letting Apple be the richest company in the world? The answer is nothing, and eventually some day when they go under we'll come to the realization that it was all a zero-sum game anyways.