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Dear EFF, please sue Apple.

by st3fan 17y ago

axod 17y ago
For what??? Seriously. What would they sue Apple for? Apple don't have to let you onto their app store. They don't even have to be fair or consistent.
- jrockway 17y ago
  Intel thought the same about their treatment of AMD. Now Intel is out several billion dollars. Turns out that anti-competitive business practices are not legal.
  - zimbabwe 17y ago
    Since when was the EFF competing with Apple? You're mental.
    - jrockway 17y ago
      Since when was the EFF competing with Apple? You're mental. I would be if I said anything remotely resembling that. When Apple arbitrarily rejects applications, it can be construed as being anti-competitive. While at this point, it's not overt (like saying, if your company makes an Android app, we will never approve your iPhone app), the infrastructure is in place for implementing this system. Maybe it's happening now, and we just don't notice. Anyway, just saying that this might not actually be OK. Or, it might be. (Try writing software for your favorite video game system.)
      - zimbabwe 17y ago
        That's pretty damned paranoid. I've read no stories of anything similar to that. The system is fucked up, obviously, but there's a difference between fucked up and totalitarian, and it's pretty huge leap from one to the other. Last I heard, lots of developers were releasing video games cross-platform; not quite sure I understand you.
      - axod 17y ago
        That's a silly definition of anti-competitive. Is it anti-competitive for me to choose to only work with google adsense, and not yahoo or ms? Could yahoo or ms sue me? I think not.
- jcl 17y ago
  On the other hand, if the EFF has its way, Apple won't be able to use the DMCA to sue you for jailbreaking your iPhone... an option Apple would really like to have. http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/02/apple-says-jailbreaking-illegal http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/02/apple-says-jailbreaking... http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/unlocking-iphone-could-invite-dmca-suit-942 http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/unlocking-iphone-...

Dear EFF, please sue Apple.

by st3fan 17y ago

Dear EFF, please sue Apple.

axod 17y ago

For what??? Seriously. What would they sue Apple for? Apple don't have to let you onto their app store. They don't even have to be fair or consistent.

jrockway 17y ago
Intel thought the same about their treatment of AMD. Now Intel is out several billion dollars. Turns out that anti-competitive business practices are not legal.
- zimbabwe 17y ago
  Since when was the EFF competing with Apple? You're mental.
  - jrockway 17y ago
    Since when was the EFF competing with Apple? You're mental. I would be if I said anything remotely resembling that. When Apple arbitrarily rejects applications, it can be construed as being anti-competitive. While at this point, it's not overt (like saying, if your company makes an Android app, we will never approve your iPhone app), the infrastructure is in place for implementing this system. Maybe it's happening now, and we just don't notice. Anyway, just saying that this might not actually be OK. Or, it might be. (Try writing software for your favorite video game system.)
    - zimbabwe 17y ago
      That's pretty damned paranoid. I've read no stories of anything similar to that. The system is fucked up, obviously, but there's a difference between fucked up and totalitarian, and it's pretty huge leap from one to the other. Last I heard, lots of developers were releasing video games cross-platform; not quite sure I understand you.
    - axod 17y ago
      That's a silly definition of anti-competitive. Is it anti-competitive for me to choose to only work with google adsense, and not yahoo or ms? Could yahoo or ms sue me? I think not.
jcl 17y ago
On the other hand, if the EFF has its way, Apple won't be able to use the DMCA to sue you for jailbreaking your iPhone... an option Apple would really like to have. http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/02/apple-says-jailbreaking-illegal http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/02/apple-says-jailbreaking... http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/unlocking-iphone-could-invite-dmca-suit-942 http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/unlocking-iphone-...