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New comment by johnoth in "U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone monopoly"

johnoth — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 12:55:22 +0000

Do you think the feature is a good thing though?

I think if the system could limit the ability of rich guys to corrupt legislators, then regulation would just work. I think "Citizen's United VS FEC" kind of broke regulation in that sense. It probable had a positive effect on the economy for some years, but imo it broke American politics. We've even started to see regulators like the EPA and SEC lose high profile court cases.

I'm no lawyer and I think this looks like a great case, but I'm not too confident.

New comment by johnoth in "U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone monopoly"

johnoth — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 12:41:00 +0000

Now try sending to an at&t iPhone. By your experience it seems that Apple is limiting iOS-iOS image size, to promote iMessage. That's inherently not a bad thing, and wouldn't matter if iMessage wasn't a platform gatekeeping/discrimination tool. I say discrimination because of the GenZ opinion on blue/green bubbles.

New comment by johnoth in "Hackintosh is almost dead"

johnoth — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 12:33:57 +0000

You guys that grow old forget that there's still younger people in this *world* (not just the US). It's analogous to saying "I worked 9to5 in the 2000s (when wages were acceptable). But now that I have way less energy to work, and made millions off my retirement fund. I don't see why this generation shouldn't equally work as hard today."

Tinkering shouldn't be nostalgia, it should be a right. I'm sure you used to fix the rusty old generational family car with your dad on the weekends. He probably used to do the same with your grandfather on the weekends. I don't think there'll be a car to fix for the next generation.

Just like ramen or office chairs can measure a recession, fixing cars with a father figure could be used as an indicator for the prevalence of greed in society.