“How dare you cut me off for violating the TOS like you said you would! I’m entitled to use your private property however I like without your permission or consequences!”
Lmao
Comment on Beeper users say Apple is now blocking their Macs from using iMessage entirely
Merlin404@lemmy.world 9 months ago
FUCK APPLE, but they have so many people that let them ass fuck them they continue to do shits like this
gregorum@lemm.ee 9 months ago
o0oradaro0o@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Yeah, I’m sure every beeper user knew the details of the iMessage tos and deserves to be locked out of a major selling point of the he iMac they purchased because they tried to get access to that feature on an android phone. It’s incredibly unlikely anyone getting banned knew it was a possibility.
Just because apple put some bs in a TOS doesn’t make it moral or even necessarily legal.
Anyway maybe don’t be a shill for making the world worse for consumers even if you were correct with this terrible take.
gregorum@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Lmao, this is the most entitled bullshit excuse for willful ignorance I’ve read since Trump claimed he didn’t know he wants allowed to steal top secret documents.
MiDaBa@lemmy.ml 9 months ago
And your response is the most arrogant boot licking BS excuse for intellectual analysis I’ve read since Mike Lindell insisted Trump won the election. Apple is not a mom and pop shop so when they control so much of our means to connect they damn sure should be scrutinized. You may not agree with that sentiment but a growing number of people who understand the issues sure do. This includes a growing number of regulators from around the world. Japan, the European Union and the United States are all in various stages of addressing this issue. Despite your bravado you don’t have the moral or intellectual high ground here.
vmachiel@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Devils advocate here: it’s their webservice right? They determine who can access it.
If there were legislation that would force them to make it interoperable that would be one thing. But you can’t just demand access to their infrastructure.
Deebster@programming.dev 9 months ago
You’re right - but, as Cory Doctorow points out, Apple owe their success to reverse engineering, the thing they’re busy blocking now.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 9 months ago
They’re not blocking reverse engineering. They’re blocking unauthorized access to their servers.
Deebster@programming.dev 9 months ago
You’re being unnecessarily pedantic. Apple was blocking interoperability and reverse engineering found a solution—and Apple is blocking that solution.
rikudou@lemmings.world 9 months ago
No one is saying what they do is illegal, people just say they are cunts.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Exactly, dick moves don’t need to be illegal to be dick moves. It’s like the constant price/ad increases. You can, but we’re gonna bitch and encourage people to stop supporting you because it’s a dick move
helenslunch@feddit.nl 9 months ago
They have interoperability. There are 1000+ interoperable messaging platforms. Problem is they’re not “convenient” since SMS is the only interoperable standard that EVERY phone already has.
There needs to be legislation that requires them to have unlockable bootloaders, to allow 3rd party app stores, and to be able to use other apps for SMS. And it needs to happen 10 years ago.
The fact that you need Apple’s permission before you can install any software on your device, and that Apple gets 30% of EVERY SINGLE FUCKING DIME YOU SEND in literally any fucking app is appalling and embarrassing.
beatle@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Agreed. Apple provides a free service locked to their hardware. It shouldn’t be surprising that they patched the vulnerabilities and blocked accounts.