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That’s a grave misunderstanding of capitalism going back all the way to even Adam Smith. You can’t have fair competition without rules, without sane rules you

by kaba0 3y ago

That’s a grave misunderstanding of capitalism going back all the way to even Adam Smith. You can’t have fair competition without rules, without sane rules you could win the Marathon with an AK47 and a Jeep every time, without any innovation. Also come on, this “vote with your wallet” is just dumb — what are you voting for between literally the two candidates? What if I want a privacy-respecting, but open to customization phone with great hardware - do I buy like 87% iphone and 13% android, or how does that work? Will it somehow magically register my “vote” at Google, and not make them introduce an ever worse privacy feature? The phone OS market has such a hard entry for others that even goddamn Microsoft failed at it, and they did throw a litany of money there. This is as much choice as the US two-party system: you get go vote at the least bad, good for you..

a-user-you-like 3y ago
They have broken no rules, and have provided great products that customers love to buy. You’re bitching that you want more privacy, when GrapheneOS, Fdroid, Librem, Pinephone, and other alternatives exist. They’re not that well developed because most people just don’t care like you do. “The man” isn’t keeping you down, there’s just not that big of a market for it. And who knows, maybe the Solana phone will take off and be what you’re looking for.
- kelnos 3y ago
  > They have broken no rules Then maybe the rules are wrong. > You’re bitching that you want more privacy, when GrapheneOS, Fdroid, Librem, Pinephone, and other alternatives exist. All of these "options" come with huge compromises. I'd love to use GrapheneOS, but I also want to continue to be able to pay for things with my phone. That's just one example among many. The point is that I shouldn't have to choose between these options. I should be able to get all of these things, but the market leaders have destroyed the ability of anyone else to be competitive.
  - a-user-you-like 3y ago
    > Then maybe the rules are wrong > The point is that I shouldn't have to choose between these options This is just entitled conspiracy theorist thinking. We have these amazing devices that are improving all the time and you’ve got these boogeymen “destroying” fdroid, graphene, librem, and all others.

by kaba0 3y ago

a-user-you-like 3y ago

They have broken no rules, and have provided great products that customers love to buy. You’re bitching that you want more privacy, when GrapheneOS, Fdroid, Librem, Pinephone, and other alternatives exist. They’re not that well developed because most people just don’t care like you do. “The man” isn’t keeping you down, there’s just not that big of a market for it. And who knows, maybe the Solana phone will take off and be what you’re looking for.

kelnos 3y ago
> They have broken no rules Then maybe the rules are wrong. > You’re bitching that you want more privacy, when GrapheneOS, Fdroid, Librem, Pinephone, and other alternatives exist. All of these "options" come with huge compromises. I'd love to use GrapheneOS, but I also want to continue to be able to pay for things with my phone. That's just one example among many. The point is that I shouldn't have to choose between these options. I should be able to get all of these things, but the market leaders have destroyed the ability of anyone else to be competitive.
- a-user-you-like 3y ago
  > Then maybe the rules are wrong > The point is that I shouldn't have to choose between these options This is just entitled conspiracy theorist thinking. We have these amazing devices that are improving all the time and you’ve got these boogeymen “destroying” fdroid, graphene, librem, and all others.