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by shuckles 3y ago
iOS was popular far before it was a dominant global business. It was probably one of the most popular software projects of all time even in its first version. iPod and iTunes Store were probably more popular than any project ever built by h
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by shuckles 3y ago
There is no inconsistency in your examples when you reframe the second point as: if you don’t like the terms at which Apple sells you devices, don’t buy Apple devices.
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by shuckles 3y ago
What’s a killer sideloaded app on Android that iPhone users suffer from not having? Fortnite? I’m looking for problems on the scale of millions of users.
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by shuckles 3y ago
Really weird response to a person that seems to instead be addressed to Apple Inc?
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by shuckles 3y ago
Being able to run self-signed software for more than a week at a time without pressing a button to renew your signature is a basic right?
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by shuckles 3y ago
Are you threatening me with more evidence that your close text readings are bogus?
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by shuckles 3y ago
Hackers do not care about 99% of users, as evidenced by the fact that Apple created the most popular and accessible consumer software in history, not hackers. You make a reasonable point that the poster didn’t imply painfulness made the Alt
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by shuckles 3y ago
I just want an operating system free from the types of capabilities attractive to sanctimonious, user-hostile crusaders who have strong opinions about software freedom. I keep a laptop collecting dust with a half-broken install of Arch when
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by shuckles 3y ago
Huh? I use my phone to take photos and read. No hoop jumping or dancing for Apple required.
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by shuckles 3y ago
Glad you aren't making the rules!
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by shuckles 3y ago
You are reading text that is not present in the ad.
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by shuckles 3y ago
Correct. And given you have a Linux box, a very unrepresentative one at that.
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by shuckles 3y ago
They also write and maintain the primary frameworks by which one creates software on their devices, a set of tools that help developers create apps far better than any competing mobile operating system. These frameworks are available for al
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by shuckles 3y ago
That ad says literally the opposite of what you claim: the iPad is NOT a computer.
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by shuckles 3y ago
So a good hacker is whoever you decide has good nature?
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by shuckles 3y ago
It's really funny that there are hackers arguing sincerely that software freedom is worth any price but think it's a "pain in the ass" to press a couple buttons for software freedom once a week (or annually, for $99).
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by shuckles 3y ago
Just because you call it consumer protections doesn't mean that they actually improve consumers' lives, which is the point the other commenter is trying to make but you insist on flattening into a straw man.
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by shuckles 3y ago
A good hacker uses every script at their disposal.
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by shuckles 3y ago
So if a company bribes a politician for favorable regulation, you view that as simply "good hacking"?
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by shuckles 3y ago
You can believe whatever you want, but try not to impose it on others.
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by shuckles 3y ago
That's not the comment I replied to. I replied to the comment where they offered no argument for why someone else's downside was invalid, instead opting to say that it's better to not let downsides prevent action. The lack of
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by shuckles 3y ago
Maybe people are going to bat for their own interests and recognize they align with the interests of a company they happily buy products from. Who are you to deny their preferences?
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by shuckles 3y ago
If you're going to make an appeal to identity: what kind of lame hackers need to appeal to a bunch of stuffy suits in Brussels to get homebrew running on a general purpose computer?
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by shuckles 3y ago
Presumably someone who uses beta graphics drivers and reasons from personal anecdotes is not a good judge of the reliability of a mass market operating system for the average consumer.
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by shuckles 3y ago
The commenter started by saying they didn't see any downsides. Someone replied referring to specific downsides which impacted them (""use Meta omni-permission store or get cut off from FB/IG/WhatsApp"). Then th
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by shuckles 3y ago
Calling Windows reliable and saying professionals manage to keep Linux servers running does not help your argument.
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by shuckles 3y ago
The DMA largely regulates essential platform services, so it has little to say about YouTube steering users to Chrome, neither of which are platform services on iOS.
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by shuckles 3y ago
It’s pretty reasonable to believe whatever action it takes will be a long ways away, a period during which the user experience will suffer. You don’t have to believe they’ll never act; you just have to believe they’ll act slowly and poorly.
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by shuckles 3y ago
So you do see downsides but you are personally willing to live with them?
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by shuckles 3y ago
Apple spends very little money lobbying. For example, they don't appear in Open Secrets's top lobbying firms: https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/top-spenders?cy...

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