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In principle I like Apple being legally forced to crack open all their walled gardens, and I hate how far they've come from the open and hackable original Apple
by lamontcg 2y ago
In principle I like Apple being legally forced to crack open all their walled gardens, and I hate how far they've come from the open and hackable original Apple computers.
In practice, I worry that they're going to imminently pivot to a more Google like model of selling their customers out to any third party with cash. Right now they have the means to do that, but they're selling privacy as one of their features and they've been largely benevolent with your data. The end result of opening up the walled garden could be the rapid Enshittification of Apple.
- idle_zealot 2y ago> I worry that they're going to imminently pivot to a more Google like model of selling their customers out to any third party with cash No need to worry about that happening in the future; it's already happening! iOS collects user data and builds an advertising profile for each user. This is used to sell ad space in the App Store.
- VelesDude 2y agoIt is only a matter of time until Apple ends up selling this data to 3rd parties. The quarterly market performance demands endless growth.
- VelesDude 2y agoJobs always hated that the original Apple 2 had expansion slots. Woz wanted them because it would allow folks other than Apple to make things. You know, Woz being Woz. Those expansion slots allowed Apple 2 to become what it was and practically made the foundation of Apple. Jobs ended up tolerating expansion slots but tried to minimize their availability where ever possible.