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by whstl 1y ago
Compared to major interests of "companies, countries, economies and other users of phones", this is inarguably small. Especially in the light of the only real complaint being that "there is a possibility of loss of security&q
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by whstl 1y ago
It is not about devices, but rather about mobile OSs. There are only two really viable ones for practical use.
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by whstl 1y ago
Focusing on the "the most" part is extremely petty. This whole thread is the complete opposite of "thoughtful and substantive" and the "Converse curiously" from HN guidelines and I regret participating on it.
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by whstl 1y ago
You're wrong. It's like complaining that Walmart hiked their prices after they drove away all Mom and Pop stores. > I think it's perfectly fine to prevent you from having this Yes I can, legally and morally.
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by whstl 1y ago
Considering how much it's messing up with kids and young people's social circles, this is seriously very fucked up even for big tech standards.
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by whstl 1y ago
In this case I hope you have sympathy when I state that I dislike when Apple charges 30% on transactions (but also apps), because this cost is also passed to the consumer: me. And I 100% guarantee that the piece of this 30% pie is way bigge
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by whstl 1y ago
No. In my opinion it is perfectly fine for society to order a company to hypothetically limit you on this minor thing (and let's be frank: this is super minor), because opening up iOS would benefit companies, countries, economies and o
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by whstl 1y ago
> You wish to limit my ability to access a device that I want. I want a locked down phone As others have repeatedly said, you can still opt to not use any other kind of app from outside the AppStore. But as I asked on another thread, as
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by whstl 1y ago
> If anything, you are attempting to remove my ability to purchase a device I want to own. What about we meet in the middle and governments force Apple to only open 50% of the phones, for the same price. Would that satisfy you?
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by whstl 1y ago
There are only two viable phone OSs and both have problems. "Vote with your wallet" is a BS argument in such a duopoly, because people care about other stuff.
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by whstl 1y ago
I'm all for corporations "trying to get theirs" if it benefits the rest of society. iPhones are a premium product and they don't have a natural right to 30% of transactions going through it if the participants don't
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by whstl 1y ago
I don't see how the legality question is relevant here. My country is not forbidding me from exercising my ownership rights. This "are you prevented by law" question is fallacious, it implies that Apple can do no wrong, since
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by whstl 1y ago
> There is no requirement to build an app for iOS devices By this logic, there is also no requirement for one to eat and breathe, anyone can simply stop. The problem is the consequences. Building an iOS app is requirement if you want t
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by whstl 1y ago
In this case they don't seem to be wanting it AT ALL: "We don’t question Apple’s right to act on behalf of authoritarians for the sake of profit, but Apple’s monopoly over iOS app distribution means it can enforce this perverse p
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by whstl 1y ago
Even if this were true it doesn't change their argument.
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by whstl 1y ago
> shouldn’t it have the right to control who or what interacts with it? In their own machines they can do whatever they want. Once they sell it to you, not anymore.
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by whstl 1y ago
If there’s a constant in history about rich people is that they can’t even wipe their own asses without a slave/servant, so they still need the person responsible for pressing the reset button on the robot.
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by whstl 1y ago
The ones selling a lifestyle and 30 euro* drinks to people competing to get in. (I have no idea how much a drink costs in the US so I’m using my local prices and currency for overpriced drinks)
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by whstl 1y ago
If you know how iPhones work then online research is enough, but if you haven’t played with one it makes sense to use it at the store as research, or even if you’re just curious. Same for Android, I wouldn’t buy one without testing before,
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by whstl 1y ago
We will start thinking about jobs when the tech feudal lords find out there's no more growth, because consumers to their products are being replaced by AI. Some are already worried: https://fortune.com/europe/2025&
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by whstl 1y ago
https://archive.ph/xkcil
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by whstl 1y ago
With SMTP there are services who provide a list of malicious servers so that they can be blocked at the receiving end. I wonder if this would work in reverse, having a standardised, automated protocol that allow providers like Cloudflare to
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by whstl 1y ago
Compositions: absolutely. More “evergreen” genres like classical, jazz, soundtracks, and also stuff by established artists? Surely! But pop music recordings get “too dated” quite fast for the mainstream and mainstream audiences. This kinda
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by whstl 1y ago
It used to be nice but it breaks too many websites lately for me, unfortunately.
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by whstl 1y ago
> Major polluters have convinced people it’s the small scale production to attack rather than the giant industrial polluters It's both. A car idling outside your window is still gonna be an issue even if the planet somehow solve t
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by whstl 1y ago
Man, you should go to an open air classical concert in Europe sometime. Sure we are just quietly getting shitfaced for most of it but if they play Ode to Joy you can be certain that the 10000 drunks in Waldbühne will belt it. Also not Beeth
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by whstl 1y ago
This remind me of something. In music criticism there are two terms, Rockism and Popism. I feel like the intial drive against "Rockism" was to embrace different subcultures, like punk and post-punk, but later the result was "
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by whstl 1y ago
True, but I'd say it's worse for books than for music. For music there's still plenty of network effects in favor of new music... things like live concerts, radio and DJs playing the latest stuff, playlists that make actual m
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by whstl 1y ago
I think the issue is people you never talked with before! For people I know, you’re right, they prefer du.
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by whstl 1y ago
Yeah, the scalability of software definitely puts us our industry in a weird spot. Everyone must act as if they're Apple or Google and project confidence. Plumbers are more impactful than tech, but since the impact is collective and lo

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