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Isnt that how the system is supposed to work, unless you think Apple would be always benevolent? I think HNers make a mistake (and believe Apple's marketing) th
by bitpush 1y ago
Isnt that how the system is supposed to work, unless you think Apple would be always benevolent? I think HNers make a mistake (and believe Apple's marketing) that Apple always stands for users, cares about design, pushing the boundary, "think different" etc.
It is painfully obvious, but Apple's singular goal is to make money (profit for shareholders) and THAT IS A GOOD THING. They'll cut corners, test the boundaries in pursuit of that, and sometimes cross over it.
Suing them is the right way to fix those behaviors.
- lawlessone 1y ago>Suing them is the right way to fix those behaviors. Is it really though? It requires money. Regular people can't to this.
- Vilian 1y agoHow many spare billions you have for a lawsuit against trillion dollar companies
- yywwbbn 1y agoAnd what if you lose? Or your lawsuit has no real impact?
- palata 1y agoI agree with you that companies are profit-maximising machines. And regulations set the framework into which companies can optimise. The problem we have with quasi-monopolies is that they have too much power and don't have to care about regulations. > Suing them is the right way to fix those behaviors. The problem is that it doesn't work. I am still waiting for Apple or one of the other TooBigTech to get a fine that really, actually hurts. But nobody will do that: the US like monopolies (as long as they are US companies of course) and others (like the EU) don't dare regulating US companies because... well because the US governement won't accept it.