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Indeed, if you don't like it you can buy another product. That should be Apple's choice. Sure, users will likely benefit from this but I don't see why the EU needs to regulate this.
Ppl like good hardware and sw support but want more freedom, why not allow this? I hope for a similar law for other systems like smartwatches, infotainment systems, etc
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>you can only run Safari on iOS Apple mandating WebKit is the only thing holding v8 back from a total monopoly, while WebKit itself has no chance of being a monopoly in the forseeable future, so I doubt there's a good anti-competitive case to be made for forcing Apple to stop doing this. It would only accelerate the monopolisation of the browser market if this happened. It would be good for consumers in the short ter…
> Apple mandating WebKit is the only thing holding v8 back from a total monopoly Or this could read as: Apple mandating WebKit is the thing preventing Firefox (and others) from properly competing against v8.
But Chrome certainly would make huge inroads.
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> The rendering engine is a boring, unimportant implementation detail that users do not care for. Then I'm sure users won't mind when I'm allowed to install my own rendering engine on my own computer, that I own, because I bought it, and, therefore, own it.
Apple is trying to prevent familial and household abuse where people install invasive software on devices of household members to spy on them or otherwise take away their privacy and freedoms. What solution would you suggest? Just look the other way?
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I don’t want Facebook to be able to say that I can’t use Whatsapp unless I install their rootkit store.
Yep, just like they do on android. Oh... Wait a second, they don't do that.
Do they need to do that, in the first place? And, is there a guarantee that they won't?
Fucking good. It's bullshit that you can only run Safari on iOS or that the App Store is the only store you can use. Yes, I understand the security implications of a third-party browser having deeper integrations into the OS and potential battery life concerns. I also don't care. I want to run Firefox on my phone. The actual thing. With containers and extensions. Let Safari compete on the merits. I want the choice of…
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The one exception I can think of is apple forcing twitter to keep the block functionality.
Fucking good. It's bullshit that you can only run Safari on iOS or that the App Store is the only store you can use. Yes, I understand the security implications of a third-party browser having deeper integrations into the OS and potential battery life concerns. I also don't care. I want to run Firefox on my phone. The actual thing. With containers and extensions. Let Safari compete on the merits. I want the choice of…
> I want to run Firefox on my phone. The actual thing. With containers and extensions. Let Safari compete on the merits.
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Can’t get any more open than that.
But I think we will find people actually want access to Apple’s audience and dev tools for free. I’m loathe to stump for megacorp like Apple, but in the same vein as iMessage, I don’t think we should drag iOS down to Android’s level just because Googles messaging strategy has been a turd for a decade.