Apple doesn’t ban Mac users from downloading software outside the App Store.
Microsoft bans Xbox users from downloading unlicensed software.
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dwazou@jlai.lu 1 week ago
Fuck Apple.
Imagine if Microsoft banned users from downloading software outside the Windows store.___
“wE dO ThAt FoR yOuR sEcUrItY”
Security my ass.
reddig33@lemmy.world 1 week ago
theherk@lemmy.world 1 week ago
That this completely true observation has twice the downvotes than upvotes highlights this community’s views on Apple.
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 week ago
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No one was talking about Mac.
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XBOX is not a workstation. The only thing you’d want to install on it is games. That’s like, the whole point.
theherk@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Imagine if Microsoft banned Windows users from downloading software outside the Microsoft store.
That was comparing desktop OS to mobile OS, which is why the person to which I replied pointed out this is different than macOS.
On your second point, neither is iOS a workstation, and one could just as easily say, “The only thing you’d want to install is mobile apps.” Okay but the problem isn’t the type of apps, it is the source of those apps. So either you should be able to get application / games from multiple sources or not.
If you think those initial downvotes were due to some pedantic distinction about workstation, and not because somebody indirectly implied that Microsoft and Apple were on similar footing in this regard, fine.
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AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Or we’re just annoyed with random whataboutisms.
theherk@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Imagine if Microsoft banned Windows users from downloading software outside the Microsoft store.
Imagine if Microsoft required all Software developers to give them 30% of their income or be banned from Windows
They were replying to the comparison to Windows. What are you on about?
yallspark@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
It’s not random. It’s a direct comparison, but people like to pretend it’s not.
I would argue I should be able to buy any game without Xbox marketplace on it.
That’s where epic is going next.
dwazou@jlai.lu 1 week ago
[deleted]reddig33@lemmy.world 1 week ago
This says Xbox has over 60% of global market share:
unautrenom@jlai.lu 1 week ago
Nintendo 0%
Doubtful. These numbers provided are completely wrong. Back when files where leaked during this very trial, Epic revealed they had 3 to 4 times more players on Playstations than Xboxes everywhere other than the US.
Accorsing to Statista (accesible on a third party site if you want to avoid registring), Xbox only has 23% of the market (as opposee to PS’s 45% and Nintendo’s 27%).
I don’t like Microsoft, and I agree sideloading should be a thing on colsoles too, but they definitely do not hold a majority of the console market, let alone a monopoly.
TheMcG@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Tbh I think that data is incredibly misleading. Every single generation of PlayStation has outsold the Xbox of the same generation(yes even the ps3) en.wikipedia.org/…/List_of_best-selling_game_cons….
Additionally looking at the faq for that site it appears to get its data via page views. What % of console users actually use the browser? Is bet very few. Especially when you consider the ps5 has no built in browser.
dwazou@jlai.lu 1 week ago
Fair enough.
I think hardware companies should be banned from jailing their users, unless the users specifically ask to.
GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
Noe does iOS, Android has the vast majority of the smartphone market
echodot@feddit.uk 1 week ago
A duopoly doesn’t require a 50/50 market share. It simply requires them to be the only real options and, they are the only options.
echodot@feddit.uk 1 week ago
Microsoft bans Xbox users from downloading unlicensed software.
I’m curious what that would even look like. The only thing you can install on an Xbox is Xbox games, why are you getting the Xbox games from if not the official publisher?
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 week ago
Thank god for the EU, which forced Apple to back down:
As for canadians/americans, they are in jail.
This isn’t the EU, this is the US. Epic Games will be back in the App Store next week.
IamAnonymous@lemmy.world 1 week ago
[deleted]tabular@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Device lock-in is a symptom of a wider issue: the users are not in control of their computing. Charging for services is fine but a company deciding what you are allowed to do with your own property is unjust.
Change their post to say Microsoft’s old phone brand OS instead of desktop Windows and nothing changes. You don’t need to pick an equivalent to highlight a single aspect for comparison when arguing for a position.
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 week ago
There’s no need to get offended. Replace MS with MacOS and the point stands.
IamAnonymous@lemmy.world 6 days ago
[deleted]Ulrich@feddit.org 6 days ago
But they don’t know about Windows? Do you have any what Windows market share looks like?
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 6 days ago
So basically Windows in S mode?
GeekySalsa@lemmy.world 5 days ago
At least you could disable S mode
toastmeister@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
On X86 only I think.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
The only reason these things haven’t happened is that Microsoft was banned from doing them back in the 90s. They absolutely wanted to require a Microsoft Account (then called a Passport) in Windows XP. The ban was in place until just after Windows 7 came out.
Blame the government for doing nothing to protect consumers since 1999.