US antitrust case against Apple App Store is 'firing on all cylinders'
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The US antitrust case against Apple’s App Store exclusivity is “firing on all cylinders” according to the head of the...

US antitrust case against Apple’s App Store exclusivity is ‘firing on all cylinders’::The US antitrust case against Apple’s App Store exclusivity is “firing on all cylinders” according to the head of the…

  • helenslunchEnglish
    411·
    6 months ago

    1. Require Apple to allow alternate app stores.

    2. Require Apple to allow alternatives apps for SMS.

    3. Require all manufacturers to have unlockable bootloaders to install alternative OSes.

    These should not be controversial and are about a decade overdue.

    • Corngood@lemmy.mlEnglish
      11·
      6 months ago

      (3) is by far the most important, but I can’t see how it will get attention from legislators or regulators.

      Also, even if it happens, how could we ensure that service providers (say a bank) don’t start enforcing hardware based attestation?

      We’d either need non-attested devices to be common enough for them not to bother blocking them (we are here now), or explicitly protect the right to software freedom. Maybe as part of a more general right-to-repair?