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I too thought this was "Hacker" News, where we found ways to break down barriers and expand access to services to the benefit of society. Apple is absolutely ab
by awgneo 3y ago
I too thought this was "Hacker" News, where we found ways to break down barriers and expand access to services to the benefit of society. Apple is absolutely abusing their market position and we should all be finding ways to establish healthy, multi-platform communication standands. It is disheartening to see many folks here fighting for the status quo, which clearly isn't working. Beeper devs are the hackers I will always support, the kind that drive a subconscious shift of our morals to something more inclusive.
- xvector 3y agoHow is Apple abusing their market position?
- meepmorp 3y agoGreen bubbles, plus making iPhone using friends and family too lazy to install a 3rd party messaging app (accusations not valid outside of the continental US).
- averageRoyalty 3y agoHow is Apple to blame for the laziness of your family and friends? I've never seen Apple disencourage in any way third party messaging apps on their devices.
- meepmorp 3y agoI wasn't being serious.
- averageRoyalty 3y agoOh my bad, that did not come across.
- tadfisher 3y agoThey are tying one market (phone hardware) to another (their messaging network). Whether that rises to the level of "abuse" is up to you. I consider it so because of recent reports that 87% of US teens own iPhones, and colloquial knowledge of how "green bubbles" negatively affect teens' social and mental health.
- xvector 3y agoThat teens like iMessage and are dumb enough to cyber bully each other over it is not Apple's fault in the least. Their idiocy definitely does not constitute market abuse on Apple's part.