Yeah, I bought some Chinese batteries a while ago and they sold/leaked my info to a dozen other scam companies. None of which I was able to unsubscribe from. Just ticked a box to disable the email and that was the end of that. If I hadn’t, they would have been blowing up my inbox for the rest of eternity with no way to stop it or know where it came from.
TIL
and Albatross’s wording “and it’s ilk”
I have no idea what “ilk” means. I assumed it’s another one of those zoomer phrases like “no cap”, “ick” or “smh”.
I’m aware. We were talking about Facebook.
Facebook has no plans to federate, to my knowledge.
But if its just like “exclusive skins”, I could give a shit.
I think you meant “couldn’t”.
I do wish games I could turn off their constant begging for my money though.
The “constant begging” is why I don’t even look twice at these games.
And you were wrong.
I’m not, you just don’t like it.
People and companies are not compelled to open source their software.
No one is saying they are, but when one does, and the other doesn’t, the former hands themselves a shitton of competition. They become more competitive. They created a whole market of competition for themselves. All they’ve done is put restrictions on how people use their software they’ve licensed other OEMs to use. Again, not saying these restrictions aren’t anti-competitive, but Apple does none of this, so how can Google be called anti-competitive while Apple is not?
Do you think there were no phone makers before Android or something?
We’re not discussing “before Android”. We’re discussing today. If Apple opens their OS to other OEMs, or allows other developers to publish on iOS, I’ll take back everything, but they’ve made it very clear they have zero intention of doing any of those things.
Apple. Is. Not. Imposing. Terms. On. Phonemakers.
They. Can’t. Impose. Terms. For. Things. They. Don’t. Allow. To. Exist. In. The. First. Place.
You can’t claim one is being anti-competitive for imposing terms on a service they created and open-sourced while the other doesn’t even allow for a service to exist to impose them on. That goes for iOS and it goes for alternative app stores.
Google is. Because their dominant market position allows them to.
Apple doesn’t allow alternative app stores or alternative hardware because their dominant market position allows them to. A significantly larger market when we’re talking about hardware…
It’s incredible how you still don’t get it despite me very clearly explaining it multiple times.
You’re clearly unable to comprehend what I’m telling you so let’s call it a day. Bye.
I mean these all sound like textbook qualities of enshittification. Everyone hates WP but begrudgingly uses it anyway. WP doesn’t care that their reputation is in the toilet because people still give them money.
I really don’t know how you aren’t grasping this.
Apple isn’t forcing anybody to do anything
They are, and I’ve already explained how they are, several times. Come on, man, my comment isn’t that long. Just read it.
because they have no choice but to use Android/the play store
They have no choice because Apple does not make iOS/Apple Store available to anyone else…
If Google did what Apple did (or did not in this case), those other OEMs would have zero choices and wouldn’t even exist…
Google is creating competition for themselves, where Apple refuses to even engage.
Do you understand? I’m not sure I can make this any more simple. What’s going on in your head that’s not letting you understand this?
Probably because most sites are so bloated with JS and ads and trackers and pop-ups and cookie notices, etc.
It’s hard to believe it’s the same software when they come up with an ingenious idea like this but also can’t seem to figure out how to separate the search function from the trending posts section, or remove character limits, or offer proper threaded replies, or not tag literally everyone in a thread automatically and unnecessarily when you click the reply button or or or…
Sure, I’m just saying that her saying that on TV is meaningless.
Writing a comment that conveys absolutely nothing doesn’t make you witty, it makes you look like you have nothing to say to defend your position. Repeating it back is an attempt to illustrate that to you.
You never addressed my comment at all.
I clearly did. You, on the other hand, did not address my response.
Apple is not using their market position to force anything on anybody or any OEM
Apple isn’t abusing their dominant market position by putting what they want on their own phones.
They’re abusing their market position by disallowing any software that’s not distributed according to Apple’s demands and forcing them to pay their exorbitant Apple tax for the great honor of distributing software on their platform. This unnecessarily drives up the costs for consumers and developers in order to further line Apple’s pockets.
I honestly don’t know any way to explain this other than the way I already have: You can’t call Google anti-competitive for trying to control the way they deal with alternative app stores, and then claim Apple does nothing wrong when they don’t even allow other app stores in the first place? Like, I just don’t understand how that computes in your brain…
You can’t have a successful Android device without the Play store,
You literally can’t have a device at all with the Apple Store…
The fact that Google is getting punished and Apple is not is not just hypocritical but also motivates other businesses to emulate Apple’s “walled garden” ideology.
they aren’t breaking the one Google is.
They’re breaking the exact same ones, in regards to how software is distributed in their ecosystem.
Do you understand now?
You calling me a conehead!?
But what’s your privacy worth?
I think society has shown us time and time again over several decades that the answer to that question is “not a God damned thing”.
Come on, man, my comment isn’t that long. Just read it.
especially not in the same week when Kamala Harris goes on national TV to say she’s a capitalist.
You can rest assured that that is a meticulously prepared statement to curry favor and win elections in specific areas, and nothing to do with her personal ideology or how she will run things as President.
Controlling what happens on your systems is not anti-competitive.
That entirely depends on what part of “your systems” you’re controlling. When you control how users of “your systems” can interact with other businesses, it absolutely is. When you say “if you want to create software that runs on our hardware, you have to adhere to all of our guidelines, no matter how absurd, and pay us 30% of any revenue received through this software” that’s anticompetitive…
The locked down system of Apple and consoles is hair biggest value add.
LOOOOOOOLOLOL okay so you’re not just a fanboy, you’re a shill!
Good talk. Bye bye now.
I actually tried to download something from there today but the site was down. But I would have been forced to create an account to download it.