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by MereInterest 2197 days ago
Fine. Installing custom software is not an economic "must", but is a moral "must". If I have bought a device, then it is mine to run whatever software I want on it, and the manufacturer of the device has no moral claim over it.
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criddell 2197 days ago
If you agree to not side-load software via some EULA, does that change the moral calculus for you?
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Andrew_nenakhov 2197 days ago
To me it's just a monopoly abusing its position.
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ajconway 2197 days ago
But Apple is not a monopoly.
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Andrew_nenakhov 2197 days ago
Yeah right. Just today's search in DDG news for 'apple monopoly':

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=apple+monopoly&atb=v194-1&iar=news...

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