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Remember: it's not an objection to VOIP in general. It's an objection to the replacement of core iPhone functionality. Perhaps I'm just old-fashioned, but I wo
by gloob 17y ago
Remember: it's not an objection to VOIP in general. It's an objection to the replacement of core iPhone functionality.
Perhaps I'm just old-fashioned, but I would have thought that the piece of software in the iPhone that makes it usable as a phone would be closer to "core functionality" than the dialer. VOIP is definitely treading on the former, though how it deals with the latter is obviously a question of interface rather than of protocol.
- alnayyir 17y agoConceptualizations of what constitutes core functionality in products and software have become increasingly shallow and less feature focused. I don't know if this is because of a somewhat less "business" driven mindset, or because Apple is absolutely brimming with UI freaks, but the mentality seems to at present be that the imitation of a dialer in software rather than the actual ability to make calls is what is most important to "protect". I appreciate Apple's attempts maintain integrity in the UI interface but their hysterics over something like this make me wary.
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