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by mirekrusin 731 days ago
If they are replacement or not should be decision of person who bought it, not company who sells it.

They can still keep their ecosystem. You should be able to unlock it to install alternative operating system.

Unlocking should be explicit to not give an option for theft.
1 comments
mirzap 731 days ago
Nope! In the same way, I don't want to be able to install a "custom" OS in my car; I don't want the ability in more personal devices. "Opening" is weakening; there's no way around it.
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walterbell 731 days ago
> "Opening" is weakening

Please respect ancestors!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system)

  Darwin is the core Unix operating system of macOS (previously OS X and Mac OS X), iOS, watchOS, tvOS, iPadOS, visionOS, and bridgeOS. It previously existed as an independent open-source operating system, first released by Apple Inc. in 2000. It is composed of code derived from NeXTSTEP, FreeBSD, other BSD operating systems, Mach, and other free software projects' code, as well as code developed by Apple.
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mirekrusin 729 days ago
My ask doesn't violate your freedom.

Your ask violates mine.

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