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If I buy an iPhone, Apple forces me to use a specific brand of RAM inside the phone. I can't choose my RAM supplier, and can't switch it out even after purcha
by londons_explore 3y ago
If I buy an iPhone, Apple forces me to use a specific brand of RAM inside the phone. I can't choose my RAM supplier, and can't switch it out even after purchase.
Should the EU force RAM to be removable and switchable on phones so the user has a choice?
Okay... Now replace RAM with "Weather App". How is the situation different?
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- ohgodplsno 3y agoOne is software and is explicitly made to be replaceable. Your iPhone will not stop working because you uninstalled the Weather app. It might be slightly more unhappy if you desolder the RAM.
- londons_explore 3y agoNeither is made to be replaceable by Apple. The EU argues that one ought to be replaceable and not the other. Yet the line of which components should be replaceable and which not is undefined.
- ohgodplsno 3y agoAnd Apple wasn't planning to use USB-C either, but the EU didn't argue and told them to. Apple does not get to override laws. They either obey, or leave the market.
- pvg 3y agoIf you replace a term with a completely different term you often get a completely different meaning.
- mellosouls 3y agoOkay... Now replace RAM with "Weather App". How is the situation different? Now replace "iPhone" with "Nespresso" and "Weather App" with "Coffee Beans"...