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From a legal perspective, they don't have to. From a legal perspective, the world's largest corporation can aggressively lock out non-iPhone users to try to fu
by andrewmutz 3y ago
From a legal perspective, they don't have to. From a legal perspective, the world's largest corporation can aggressively lock out non-iPhone users to try to further increase revenue.
But from an ethical perspective, it sucks. I own Apple devices and Android devices and I have friends on both. Why should my life be more painful just so Apple can squeeze out a tiny bit more money?
- MBCook 3y agoApple is ethically obligated to give free services to people who don’t buy their products?
- yellow_postit 3y agoIt also shows that the privacy campaign is just a business tactic. That shouldn’t come as a surprise of course, but the Apple reality distortion field is real so I think it’s worth noting.
- criddell 3y agoEthical? Say you launch a product that uses cloud services (ie servers and storage). If I reverse engineer your protocol and launch my own (paid) product on top of your service, is it unethical for you to shut me down? Isn’t it also unethical for me to create a product on top of your infrastructure without getting permission or providing some kind of payment? IMHO, Beeper is the one with an ethics problem.