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Back then there was occasional software-specific code in many OSs, famously simcity was addressed by name in win95. So it would not be unprecedented for an os t
by sandworm101 4y ago
Back then there was occasional software-specific code in many OSs, famously simcity was addressed by name in win95. So it would not be unprecedented for an os to specifically recognize certain software by name. This lives on today in graphics drivers being optimized for specific games. Inside the black box that is proprietary software, they can do whatever they want.
- Wowfunhappy 4y agoSure, but arbitrarily blacklisting a specific app, for reasons other than malware? I guess Apple could have done that, but—correct me if I'm wrong—in 2005 I think that would have been completely unprecedented, and certainly trivial to bypass. It seems like a pretty odd request to make of Apple, as opposed to contacting Rouge Amoeba directly.
- sandworm101 4y ago"Blacklisting" apps was essentially what antivirus was all about in those days.
- parker_mountain 4y ago> It seems like a pretty odd request to make of Apple, as opposed to contacting Rouge Amoeba directly. A lot of these associations were much less sophisticated about how they viewed technology. It wasn't unreasonable for something like the RIAA to view apple as being responsible for the actors on its platform. It is odd, but not uncommon.
- Wowfunhappy 4y agoThe RIAA being dumb about technology is absolutely on brand. I just don't think I believe the counterfactual that Apple would ever have done anything.