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We don’t need no friends, allies or influence when we can be bullying, a child’s concept of tough, looking up to other dictators like Putin and Erdogan. Im sure all it will take is loud threats of widespread tariffs and a stable Genius who’s “great” at deals.

“Coincidentally” Apple might make sizable ~~bribes~~ independent donations to support the free and open re-election of The fuhrer

bro be like

Let me see that gong…gong gagong gong gong

When apple announced messaging would be cross platform nobody else adopted it. Any idea why?

Oh yeah one reason: Apple won’t be forced to open up iMessage by EU (2024)

Go ahead, this is a safe space. Get it out of your system.

Sorry but the only way out of that is to stop buying apple products

I get the design choice, it looks nice, but the hardware is rather trashy and both hardware and software are hostile to it's users. That won't ever change

ditch the homepod and don't replace it with any other spyware, and replace the rest as needed.

The funny thing is I would have joined the ecosystem this year if that change made it out of eu

I was you up until 3 months ago. I went nuclear and focused on the more open source side of android and have been so much happier for it. Sold everything to afford the changes.

Most every major company isn't entrenched in people's lives as deeply as apple is though. If I want to leave Netflix it's as easy as switching subscriptions. If I want to leave Apple I need months of migration and multiple product replacements.

Or at least that's what it looks like to someone who has avoided Apple their whole life, it was apparent to me as a teen that the walled garden was a trap. The iPhone and iPhone 3g where the only and last peices of apple hardware I've ever owned.

I mean the EU made them allow app stores but Apple made a complete mockery of them by requiring their rubber stamp and charging "only" 27% fee and the EU is just letting them get away with that so yeah, I have little faith.

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.