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You vote with your wallet.
by thebruce87m 3y ago
You vote with your wallet.
- microtonal 3y agoI agree when it's a healthy market. But when the choice is between relinquish most control over your own device or relinquish most of your privacy, maybe it's time to regulate the market? In the EU this is happening on both fronts: - The GDPR has Android phone manufacturers to ask consent for different ways of using your data and being able to remove data. This is starting to work, on a Samsung phone Samsung/Google will ask you separate consent for using your data for diagnostics, ad targeting, etc. It's not perfect yet, but regulatory pressure is giving people privacy back. - The DMA will force Apple to allow side-loading and alternative payment methods without taking a cut. Once this has all played out, we'll still have a duopoly, but at least users and third-party developers are better protected.
- azemetre 3y agoVoting with your wallet just means that those who have the most money are “most correct.” Sorry but that’s not a society I want to continue living in. There needs to be strict regulations and maybe apple needs to be broken up. Owning the hardware and App Store has already shown have abusive they can be. They need to divest or spin off one of them into a new company or we can pressure politicians to do this for us.