No one is saying what they do is illegal, people just say they are cunts.
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vmachiel@lemmy.world 8 months agoDevils 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.
rikudou@lemmings.world 8 months ago
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 8 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 8 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 8 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.
Deebster@programming.dev 8 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 8 months ago
They’re not blocking reverse engineering. They’re blocking unauthorized access to their servers.
Deebster@programming.dev 8 months ago
You’re being unnecessarily pedantic. Apple was blocking interoperability and reverse engineering found a solution—and Apple is blocking that solution.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 8 months ago
I’m not being remotely pedantic.
Apple reverse-engineered MS standards to improve interpretability so you could open Apple files on Windows and vise versa. They didn’t reverse engineer Windows security so that you could open Apple files on MS servers.