There is no other manufacturer that sells what I want. The alternative is worse (Google) or incompatible with the reality of my daily life (my banks app won't work on it).
On the desktop side of things it's getting better, the Framework desktop is interesting, but there's still no REAL alternative yet. Maybe in 5 years.
> There is no other manufacturer that sells what I want.
Not only that, but if there was one it would very likely become very popular. As it is gained market share money and power it that doing all bad things the currently big players are doing (because they tend to increase that money and power) and you're back looking for an alternative again. Regulations, not market forces are the only way to curb these bad behaviors.
Fairphone and a Framework is just fine. What exactly do you do that suggests there is no alternative? I can see absolutely nothing Apple does that no other laptop can.
Because that's a short-term, individual solution. But when companies do stuff that's bad for people generally, we want that stuff no longer done, generally.
Like, sure, I could buy medicine that isn't poisoned. But better would be to have no poison medicine - and that's how we got the FDA. Obviously this is extremely different, but the principle is the same: we don't like a behavior by a company, we can make that no longer happen if we want.
You completely missed the point of the post. It isn't about what phone they own. It's about what phone all the users own.
which is the same for the EU's Digital Markets Act. It's not the Smartphone Owner's Act. It's a law for letting business reach customers without having Apple in the middle. Apple (nor Google) can be allowed to have control over such a large market of customers betwen them and nearly every business.
Because Apple are one of the gatekeepers now, that's why they're getting regulated everywhere. It's not like how you can move from a Ford to a Honda, a lot of people have their entire digital lives with notes, chats, photos, videos and thousands of dollars of purchases tied to Apple's account, plus the network effect where the whole family has iPhone because of iMessage. Moving to another phone brands, they'd loose all that.
That's Apple's moat and they're fighting to the death for it because they don't have any other cash cow to milk.
sussmannbaka|7 months ago
Eddy_Viscosity2|7 months ago
Not only that, but if there was one it would very likely become very popular. As it is gained market share money and power it that doing all bad things the currently big players are doing (because they tend to increase that money and power) and you're back looking for an alternative again. Regulations, not market forces are the only way to curb these bad behaviors.
ktallett|7 months ago
mrgaro|7 months ago
fauigerzigerk|7 months ago
const_cast|7 months ago
Like, sure, I could buy medicine that isn't poisoned. But better would be to have no poison medicine - and that's how we got the FDA. Obviously this is extremely different, but the principle is the same: we don't like a behavior by a company, we can make that no longer happen if we want.
socalgal2|7 months ago
which is the same for the EU's Digital Markets Act. It's not the Smartphone Owner's Act. It's a law for letting business reach customers without having Apple in the middle. Apple (nor Google) can be allowed to have control over such a large market of customers betwen them and nearly every business.
pjc50|7 months ago
thedevilslawyer|7 months ago
msgodel|7 months ago
Instead all you have is spamy garbage full of ads and addictive social media cybernetics.
FirmwareBurner|7 months ago
That's Apple's moat and they're fighting to the death for it because they don't have any other cash cow to milk.
Non Apple user btw.