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I have nothing against open standards but I see this more like an attack on private property. Why should Apple be disallowed from creating a walled garden? It'

I have nothing against open standards but I see this more like an attack on private property. Why should Apple be disallowed from creating a walled garden? It's suddenly not valid to control which devices can participate in your network? Device control is integral to the iMessage service as an offering because it improves the user experience, and people are willing to pay for it.

xg15 3y ago
Those are common arguments, but usually this is how open source, interop and reverse engineering are seen from a companies' perspective. I find it just unusual to see this perspective shared by users. > I see this more like an attack on private property Why are the iPhones that people bought the private property of Apple? > Device control is integral to the iMessage service as an offering because it improves the user experience, and people are willing to pay for it. How exactly does it improve the user experience? Probably every company that manufactures smart devices makes that argument. That's how Microsoft justifies Secure Boot with a hardwired key and how John Deere justifies locking up their tractors. What makes Apple special in that regard?