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And it's a good law elsewhere? :) You're also welcome not to buy a phone for your parents. It would be disingenuous for me to suggest you actually do so, becau

And it's a good law elsewhere? :) You're also welcome not to buy a phone for your parents. It would be disingenuous for me to suggest you actually do so, because we all make choices under duress or with limited options.

dwighttk 3y ago
If this bad law were to cross the Atlantic I would still buy my parents their phones and deal with the situation. I’m glad I don’t have to while it remains outside the US. And I’m glad I don’t have to deal with it on my own phone, even if I’m better equipped to deal with it. And I’m glad people are still free to change to different browser engines inside the US without the law.
- smoldesu 3y ago
  I'm really sorry that your emotional wellbeing is predicated on the exploitative practice of a multinational company. You should have seen this coming. Bell Telephone didn't get away from litigation for "securing" telecommunications infrastructure under one body. Microsoft didn't foil antitrust litigation for "protecting" users from third-party browsers. Expecting Apple to escape broader antitrust scrutiny is a pipe dream. You should probably plan accordingly.
  - dwighttk 3y ago
    What did I say that had anything to do with emotional wellbeing? What did I say that made you think I was unprepared for Apple to have to do this in the US?
    - smoldesu 3y ago
      > What did I say that had anything to do with emotional wellbeing? I’m glad I don’t have to deal with it on my own phone > What did I say that made you think I was unprepared for Apple to have to do this in the US? Thankfully it is only a bad law in the European Union
      - dwighttk 3y ago
        Oh, your assumptions were wrong
        smoldesu 3y ago
        Oh, well then good! Too many people on this site get far too upset over changes like this. Methinks a lot of them own too much stock and are a bit grumpy about the consequences.
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dwighttk 3y ago

If this bad law were to cross the Atlantic I would still buy my parents their phones and deal with the situation. I’m glad I don’t have to while it remains outside the US. And I’m glad I don’t have to deal with it on my own phone, even if I’m better equipped to deal with it. And I’m glad people are still free to change to different browser engines inside the US without the law.

smoldesu 3y ago
I'm really sorry that your emotional wellbeing is predicated on the exploitative practice of a multinational company. You should have seen this coming. Bell Telephone didn't get away from litigation for "securing" telecommunications infrastructure under one body. Microsoft didn't foil antitrust litigation for "protecting" users from third-party browsers. Expecting Apple to escape broader antitrust scrutiny is a pipe dream. You should probably plan accordingly.
- dwighttk 3y ago
  What did I say that had anything to do with emotional wellbeing? What did I say that made you think I was unprepared for Apple to have to do this in the US?
  - smoldesu 3y ago
    > What did I say that had anything to do with emotional wellbeing? I’m glad I don’t have to deal with it on my own phone > What did I say that made you think I was unprepared for Apple to have to do this in the US? Thankfully it is only a bad law in the European Union
    - dwighttk 3y ago
      Oh, your assumptions were wrong
      - smoldesu 3y ago
        Oh, well then good! Too many people on this site get far too upset over changes like this. Methinks a lot of them own too much stock and are a bit grumpy about the consequences.
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