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I am sure there have been many objections against separation of executive, legislative and judiciary powers, also in the name of efficiency. > a law like that
by gbog 14y ago
I am sure there have been many objections against separation of executive, legislative and judiciary powers, also in the name of efficiency.
> a law like that
I don't see it as a law. I think it should be to the constitutional level. Laws, if necessary, would get into details on how to enforce the constitution, and these details may vary with place and time.
> would likely cripple a large part of the industry and stifle innovation
On the opposite, I think it would in long term be better enforced by such a separation of (information) powers. One of the reason could be that it would require open formats for any communication between hardware and software. Then any other company could compete in the field, and innovate in directions either not allowed or not deemed interesting by the bigger companies.
> not sufficient to prevent [Apple] from only running things they approve
I do not think Apple or any other hardware provider is the least entitled to prevent me, the owner of the device I bought, from using any software I like. In my mind, current users of these devices when not unlocked do not own them, they rent them really, and should be aware of this.
- jopt 14y agoApple aren't legally preventing you from running anything. If you're clever enough to do it, go nuts. If you think they're making it too hard, tough luck. Their products aren't built to spec; you're not entitled to a product that works any differently than the one they sold you. If you buy a microwave and you want to run custom software on it, that is your problem, not the microwave manufacturers.
- nathan_long 14y ago>> you're not entitled to a product that works any differently than the one they sold you. Right, because you knew what you were buying. However: >> Apple aren't legally preventing you from running anything. They tried to, though. >> Apple's request to define copyright law to include jailbreaking as a violation was denied as part of the 2009 DMCA rulemaking. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_jailbreaking#United_States_legal_status http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_jailbreaking#United_States_... There's a big difference between "we're not going to help you do X with your purchased item" and "we legally forbid doing X with your purchased item." The only thing keeping companies like Apple from doing this is our insistence that they don't.
- LinXitoW 14y agoI take it you're fine with UEFI Secure Boot, then?
- jopt 14y agoI don't consider it my right to have Microsoft produce anything else for me.
- RichardButler 14y agoApple wouldn't exist if a Montesquieu like separation of powers had been applied to the industry. Apple has always had seamless control of their product, it's what differentiates and makes them successful as a company.