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That is so hyperbole, it’s hard to bear. What is a ”device“, exactly? What does it mean if it ”possible“ to use the device? Not every appliance has to be a gen

• dns_snek 3y ago
  Bad faith arguments never end here. This general purpose computing device that you are trying to redefine as an "appliance" for the sake of the argument is how majority of the population consume media and information, manage their bank accounts, track their habits, communicate with each other, set up doctor's appointments, edit text documents, take and edit photographs, sign documents, and the other 99.9% of use cases that you must be disregarding in order to call it an "appliance".
• johnnyanmac 3y ago
  >Not every appliance has to be a general purpose computing device. it doesn't (I'm fine with game console OS as is), but Apple/IOS is definitely in an arguable position to be a general purpose computing device. I think subjecting anti-tether laws to companies in such a position seems reasonable fro the consumer end. >What is a ”device“, exactly? What does it mean if it ”possible“ to use the device? I feel it's less about what Apple can do and more about what they can't. They can't make it any more difficult to tinker with the hardware a user bought than any other general purpose computing device (in this case, desktop/laptop devices).