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minus-squareMithranArkanere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59arrow-down2·21 hours agoHow is it even legal for a company to decide what you can or can’t install in your own device?
minus-squareEinskjaldi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 hours agoFor the same reason they can make you click agree to terms before you can do anything with the device.
minus-squareZink@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 hours agoI reckon that means it is not actually your own device.
minus-squarebrisk@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·15 hours agoBecause anti-trust has not been enforced this century, with the exception of Lina-Khan’s work as the FCC director. Companies have been pushing the boundaries further and further for decades, with almost no push back.
minus-squareHertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·17 hours agoLegal is just whoever has the most resources.
minus-squaremaplesaga@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down1·20 hours agoThe US supports monopolies as long as they have a backdoor. It was the same with Microsoft in the 90s.
minus-squareSkv@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·21 hours agoUgghhhh, its THEIR OS you’re using. Perfect example is Nintendo.
minus-squarefallaciousBasis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-210 hours agoYou mean the original NES which they tried in court to stop unlicensed carts and lost, right? Right?
minus-squarekungen@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·13 hours ago“If you want to replace Internet Explorer with Netscape Navigator, why not just use Solaris or OS/2 or something? It’s THEIR OS you’re using” didn’t go over too well with the courts.
How is it even legal for a company to decide what you can or can’t install in your own device?
For the same reason they can make you click agree to terms before you can do anything with the device.
I reckon that means it is not actually your own device.
Because anti-trust has not been enforced this century, with the exception of Lina-Khan’s work as the FCC director.
Companies have been pushing the boundaries further and further for decades, with almost no push back.
Legal is just whoever has the most resources.
The US supports monopolies as long as they have a backdoor. It was the same with Microsoft in the 90s.
Ugghhhh, its THEIR OS you’re using. Perfect example is Nintendo.
You mean the original NES which they tried in court to stop unlicensed carts and lost, right? Right?
“If you want to replace Internet Explorer with Netscape Navigator, why not just use Solaris or OS/2 or something? It’s THEIR OS you’re using” didn’t go over too well with the courts.