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  • Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.worldBanned from communitytoTechnology@lemmy.world•Apple steps up war of words with European regulatorsEnglish
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    16 days ago

    But the consumer does have a choice. They have the choice not to buy apple. Right? Its not like they hide this fact. You know what you are buying into.

    “I get to do whatever I want” not according to the Ts&Cs you agreed to when you turned the phone on. Again, you knew what you were getting into. So why are trying to force someone else to do something, when its perfectly reasonable that you just dont buy the thing that doesnt suit your needs?

  • Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.worldBanned from communitytoTechnology@lemmy.world•Apple steps up war of words with European regulatorsEnglish
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    16 days ago

    but EU regulators counter that it unfairly shuts out rivals.

    I kinda have to say “so?”. Its apples phone, apples software, etc etc etc. Why should they allow others onto their store? If they want to, great. But why should they before forced to? Its not like its a monopoly, anyone else is free to make their own phone and software at any time. I dont really get this idea that apple has to let other people into its house, or that that if they did it would make things better.

  • Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.worldBanned from communitytoTechnology@lemmy.world•Disney Plus Subscribers Quit in Droves Over Jimmy Kimmel AxeEnglish
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    18 days ago

    Gina got fired because she was pointing out that she was getting rape and death threats over not putting pro nouns in her bio. All that all twitter did was delete them. Carr made remarks, but he had no power to do anything. Thats why there is no legal document or order. Because it would be illegal. So the drawing of a conclusion here would be an error. There was no “threat”. It would be like me threating you to stop posting here. I have no power to force that to happen. I can say it as much as I want, but who be right to just point and laugh at me.

    In any case, it doesnt matter. Its all the same shit with the same arguments, and same “well actually, this is different because…”. Gina was right to draw attention to her online attacks, and disney was right to be want to be associated with the way that she went about it, as I think we can all agree it was dumb as fuck to use Jewish people in the analogy. In any analogy in fact.

    In the case of Kimmel, hes just not funny. And I wouldnt be surprised if this just all turned out to be just a way to get out of the late night talkshow game by ABC, without breaking any contracts.

  • Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.worldBanned from communitytoTechnology@lemmy.world•The right to anonymity is powerful, and America is destroying itEnglish
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    18 days ago

    Its not America, but sure. Go off.

    The thing is, we already had blocks on porn through mobile phone operators. What would happen is that all porn was blocked, and if you wanted to access it through your data plan, you had to turn it on. And to do this, you used the credit card they already had on file for you. And that was it.

    But for some reason, they now want each website to challenge age. AND they want you to use 3rd parties like Yoti to hold your personal ID. So instead of one company that already had your info, you have multiple. And it gets more with every new site you visit that is claimed to be “adult”. I mean, you cant even go on the cigar subreddit without having to send your drivers license to Yoti… The fuck is that about???