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Most people still don’t realize that we still have Gaming PC’s to play Fortnite on.
Why would I want to start my own company and become an entrepreneur. If I were to make a similar game to Fortnight, it would be illegal. I have to ask their permission first and they would probably end up saying no.
They never have so far. With Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg going on, we may not know what Facebook really is doing.
Apple tries hard to make sure apps are safe but some aren’t. TikTok is used as a Chinese Malware Spy App to where they can steal your information and track you down. Facebook sells your information and then it’s pretty much the same.
It’s not as popular as it used to be. The OG maps what was what kept the game going. It’s still popular but not that much as it used to be back in 2018.
Exactly. All the data is sold to Google and random people that we don’t even know where.
Downloading apps off of the web puts your device at risk for malware and viruses. That’s why there is an App Store. OBS is okay to download but I don’t know of anymore.
Don't you feel this is inevitable in the long run?
Be it this year, neat year, in 5 years or 20 years.
Having a locked down, closed system, as more and more people join will gain attention and be seen as unacceptable.
I have no strong opinion either way, other than feeling it's only a matter of time or matter of scale before companies are forced to open up closed down platforms.
Be it this year, neat year, in 5 years or 20 years.
Having a locked down, closed system, as more and more people join will gain attention and be seen as unacceptable.
I have no strong opinion either way, other than feeling it's only a matter of time or matter of scale before companies are forced to open up closed down platforms.
If iOS or Android were ‘opened’ to such an extent that there were multiple app stores and easy ways for developers to install apps without any code checking or moderations we would see:
- millions of infected devices
- millions of very malicious malware injected into apps
- almost every app mass pirated and killing the income of good developer
- people such as journalists tracked and murdered like Kashogi
- your banking apps hacked and your money stolen. When you see malicious people online asking for the phones to be opened they are these thieves.
- more self censorship and fear
- then very quickly the public will scream for Apple and Google to help
- then Apple and Google will be forced to secure the systems and only have one app store again
- if not people will start becoming allergic to smart phones and will use a basic phone with no apps again
- millions of infected devices
- millions of very malicious malware injected into apps
- almost every app mass pirated and killing the income of good developer
- people such as journalists tracked and murdered like Kashogi
- your banking apps hacked and your money stolen. When you see malicious people online asking for the phones to be opened they are these thieves.
- more self censorship and fear
- then very quickly the public will scream for Apple and Google to help
- then Apple and Google will be forced to secure the systems and only have one app store again
- if not people will start becoming allergic to smart phones and will use a basic phone with no apps again
That makes them no worse than Apple who also censors in China, but I have a feeling you dislike Tencent more than Apple because Apple. Am I right?
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It's being reported today in Hong Kong that more RSS apps are disappearing from Apple’s App Store in China in a new crackdown on feed readers. Though in the big picture, that's no longer seen as a major issue.
Apple pulls app used to track Hong Kong police, Cook defends move
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Censorship by Apple - Wikipedia
Or could it be that they're both following the laws of the countries they're operating in?
If iOS was "open" like macOS, none of that would happen to the extent you describe because we're not seeing that with macOS
Are app developers forced to write Apple iOS apps for slave wages? Of course not. Do app developers have other platforms that they can develop on? Yep. It’s called Android. So no, Apple is not a monopoly either. Indeed, Apple doesn’t even have 50% of the cell phone and tablet markets.
I find it rather ironic that other oligopolies like Facebook and Google, oligopolies that regularly interfere in the market of ideological freedom, would be so transparently crass as to accuse others of their own obvious behavior. Of course we have come to expect and even accept such hypocritical behavior from all of our “tech titans” and across a wide spectrum of issues.
I find it rather ironic that other oligopolies like Facebook and Google, oligopolies that regularly interfere in the market of ideological freedom, would be so transparently crass as to accuse others of their own obvious behavior. Of course we have come to expect and even accept such hypocritical behavior from all of our “tech titans” and across a wide spectrum of issues.
Perhaps.
But there are a billion iPhones out in the world today. I'm sure hackers would love to run around inside a few of them.
true and Apple’s guidelines to have apps post what information they take from users within the AppStore.
Not every app is on the Apple app store as it is. Of these scenarios, tell me what's better for the consumer:
(1) Not having every app available on Apple's app store and also being prevented from getting them from another source (i.e. the way it is now), or
(2) Not having every app available on Apple's app store but you're able to get the app from another source.
Some apps are not available not because they're malicious but because Apple had to remove them, even when they serve a public good.
Apple removes two podcast apps from China store after censorship demands
Pocket Casts says it refuses to restrict its content at request of Chinese authorities
Apple Removes Apps From China Store That Help Internet Users Evade Censorship (Published 2017)
The world’s most valuable company appears to have pulled down the apps amid China’s deepening crackdown on tools that evade internet controls.
After China Objects, Apple Removes App Used By Hong Kong Protesters
HKmap.live has been used by pro-democracy activists to keep track of protests and police activity. Apple says it was removed from the App Store because it was being used to "endanger law enforcement."
www.npr.org
Wow.
In all honesty it will depend on who Regulates the Regulators. If you think Regulators are not influenced by external corporate interests in 2021 I have some Oceanfront Property in AZ to lease you.
Bold of you to assume I use social media, I do not use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat etc. Paying with my eyes is not a problem (seeing adverts like here on MR). The average Normie has no clue that they’re being tracked and location data being sold. That’s the problem.