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Apple has a long history of working best together with Apple. For example, the iPod music players only worked with iTunes. I think that Apple hopes that such fe
by huijzer 4y ago
Apple has a long history of working best together with Apple. For example, the iPod music players only worked with iTunes. I think that Apple hopes that such features cause people to switch more of their electronics to Apple
- hsbauauvhabzb 4y agoAnd the educated consumer hopes one of these players will push to face and trigger anticompetitive legislation.
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- mort96 4y agoSure, but this is trying to replace passwords. As much as Apple would want it different, there's a whole lot of people who use one Apple device but has other devices from other manufacturers, and surely an industry effort like FIDO to replace passwords would take that into account?
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> there's a whole lot of people who use one Apple device but has other devices from other manufacturers, and surely an industry effort like FIDO to replace passwords would take that into account? They're not the beachhead. Once the product is tuned for core users, it can be expanded to more complex use cases. This is basic product development, and something Apple gets right.
- izacus 4y agoApple made talking to family, friends and other people a moat to keep people in their walled garden. Taking control of your passwords is extension of that strategy, not something they feel bad about.
- hammyhavoc 4y agoUh, iPods could be used with plenty of third-party software, including WinAmp, foobar2000, MediaMonkey. I could go on for another several minutes rattling off names.