Comment on Eu to make Apple open up operating system to rival tech (link added forgot to include it this morning)

frog_brawler@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• dosaki@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Why not? Opening up a system to competition usually makes it better, no?

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  • frog_brawler@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Their stuff is designed to specifically work with their stuff, and that’s a big part of their IP.

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    • claudiop@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      The I in IP stands for intelectual; AKA, the clever things they reached with their thoughts. The artificial limitations are not IP, simply mechanisms they included exclusivity. They needn’t be clever. if (!apple) { rejectApp(); hideDocs() } is not IP.

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