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> Extremely authoritarian / communist take. What's authoritarian is Apple's lockdown of the iPhone. I should be able to run whatever application I want on my o
by hollandheese 3y ago
> Extremely authoritarian / communist take.
What's authoritarian is Apple's lockdown of the iPhone. I should be able to run whatever application I want on my own device. Not the governement telling Apple, "Hey, people should be able to run what they want on their own device".
- mvanbaak 3y agoIf you want to run a non-default os, an iPhone is not for you. There are several other options out there for you to choose from.
- smoldesu 3y agoIf you want to run a non-default OS, don't install one. Blocking competitors for competition's sake is a regulatory tightrope walk, the exact same mentality that nearly annihilated Microsoft.
- xpe 3y agoSome calibration is needed here. “Authoritarianism is a _political_ system characterized by the rejection of democracy and political plurality.” - Wikipedia When a company _sells_ you a device (that you choose to buy or not), it is _not_ about political freedom. There are countries that are actually authoritarian. Let’s not blur the lines between that and a corporation. I can appreciate the free software movement as well as the right to repair and so on, but let’s keep things in perspective here. There are governments that jail people for dissent.