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'For too long, Apple has operated a walled garden around its products': The EU forces Apple to open its closed system to third parties (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] [email protected] 68 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Their entire business model has been to focus on systems that lock people in and exclude people who are out. None of this is done for security or as a means for the best possible customer experience. It's done for the sole purpose of forcing income they couldn't achieve with innovation alone. I've heard so many tech reviewers and even my own personal friends who say they would love to switch if only to try something else. They say they'd switch today if their friends, family and coworkers wouldn't get mad at them. Apples only real innovation over the past ten years has been built in social pressure.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 days ago (2 children)

This is why the only Apple product I've owned was a free iPad. It feels claustrophobic to be trapped in their ecosystem.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I only used It extensively in a university, and that's about it, and occasionally for work, and I'm not in tech. Tech people do find the laptop convenient though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

The only Apple product I've owned was my first smartphone an iPhone 4, Never again.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

Trying to get my family to use signal and its like pulling teeth. "Dont you want to be on the same messaging app as everyone", "sure but you're the one with a problem"

Mate, I only have a problem because of you!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

And the air pods was often referenced to look like condoms, on reddit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Ice cream cones, no?