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The familiar "only the market can resolve this" viewpoint. Regulation is also a powerful tool for resolving issues like this. The usual tripe about profits suf
by madair 17y ago
The familiar "only the market can resolve this" viewpoint.
Regulation is also a powerful tool for resolving issues like this. The usual tripe about profits suffering and everything made worse can now be cued up and played...now!
- lowdown 17y agoIs this a suggestion that Congress needs to step in and provide oversight on the iPhone App Store?
- madair 17y agoThis is a suggestion that people should not be barred from producing or installing applications on their devices.
- asciilifeform 17y agoI believe the Jailbreak still works.
- jcl 17y agoNot for lack of Apple trying to kill it. I believe the parent is suggesting that an option similar to jailbreaking should always be allowed, maybe even required. http://www.tuaw.com/2009/02/13/apple-says-jailbreaking-is-illegal/ http://www.tuaw.com/2009/02/13/apple-says-jailbreaking-is-il...
- asciilifeform 17y agoI'm not sure exactly how regulators could force non-Apple smartphone makers to produce non-junk. Or should Apple be nationalized and turned into a government bureaucracy? That hasn't worked well historically, either.
- madair 17y agoNo, it's nothing about forcing production of new devices. It's simply about rejecting constraints on the legal software that may run on those devices.