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I mostly agree but I think iOS/Android/Windows (and maybe MacOS) are so important to our economy that they represent a difference in kind and should be regulate
by benced 2y ago
I mostly agree but I think iOS/Android/Windows (and maybe MacOS) are so important to our economy that they represent a difference in kind and should be regulated more stringently. I don't really care if vacation rentals are more expensive or worse than they should be, I do care if the software that mediates our lives is.
- nuker 2y ago> I do care if the software that mediates our lives is If you DO care about this, implementing this regulation as is will only make the software worse, not better. Apple did a good job so far keeping developers in check.
- benced 2y agoThis assumes the only thing that can make software worse for consumers is the developers that Apple "checks".
- nuker 2y agoIs it not? Apple does check for unreasonable entitlements (permission requests) in apps. And for other creepiness too. And I like it very much. I think Apple users are underrepresented here, more developers here.
- Aeolun 2y agoHonestly, the app store is so full of crud I find it hard to believe they’re really checking. I have zero faith in any app in the app store until I’ve inspected it myself.
- benced 2y ago"only" is a really strong statement. Off the top of my head, here's a few situations where Apple makes things worse for the end-consumer: - Any case where Apple builds a competing product and charges a cut to the competitor that makes them structurally unable to compete is blatantly anti-competitive, i.e. Spotify vs Apple Music - Any case where the margins of the business do not support Apple's 30%, i.e. Kindle (let me buy my damn books in the app) - Any case where Apple has prohibited something for seemingly no reason, i.e. game emulators till about a month ago under regulatory pressure - Any case where Apple's unilateral control of pricing meant that certain business models couldn't be tried, i.e. subscriptions for a long part of the App Store's history, upgrade pricing today etc - Any case where Apple has prohibited anyone from competing with it. iOS Safari is bad and Apple has insulated it from competition by prohibited third-party browser engines. Note this hurts both users who'd rather use Chrome or Firefox and users who use Safari who don't benefit from Apple having to compete. I don't disagree that there are benefits to Apple's approach. I just think that they should be heavily scrutinized because of iOS's import.
- nuker 2y ago> Safari ... from Apple having to compete. Allowing engines while sounds good, in today's reality will result in absolute Chrome (Google) domination. They will be setting web standards unopposed. And they are an Ad company. So again, this is good for me.
- benced 2y agoYou switched from representing consumers to representing a political stance around web standards real fast.
- nuker 2y agoNope, still consumer. It is simple. Google (Chrome) is an Ad company, Apple (Safari) is not. And any consumer knows that web standards define user's privacy and security.
- Aeolun 2y agoI think it’s just the difference of having something run on your hardware. If Apple allowed you to install a different OS on your iPhone (and there was a viable alternative) it wouldn’t be nearly as bad.