We need to be mindful of the potential of this, with the introduction of the likes of the proposed CBDCs, this has the ability to ensure that freedoms are restricted - spend too much on water, beer, gas, food in a day, and that's it, nothing more for you till tomorrow / next week / year.... say something wrong to someone and you can't spend your hard earn money for a week...
Give a friend $10, and you could be taxed on that, or even buy a friend a beer in the local bar.
The whole thing stinks, and is nothing more than those at the EU/WEF/UN/FED to gain more and more world domination for their families.
The AppStore has been reliable and fine for years - people haven't been complaining from what I can see - so why the sudden desire to change it?
I suspect that this is the real reason behind why the EU and Japan are looking at this, as it would allow them the ability to load in an app that would allow them to track and monitor anybody using the device - we know how the EU are already trying to block end-to-end encryption, and also iCloud Relay - they hate not knowing what people are doing.
The same will happen here - this is a step in the direction of ensuring tracking and control of the people will become a realty.
I fail to see how making an OS more open gives the government more control. If it comes to the point where the government can force an app on users of an open OS, it means that the government is already much more oppressive than a government that could force a company like Apple to include a tracking app.That is just a hunch, I would like to think that it will always be fine - but in my cynical old age I have come to see that anything the governments enforce companies to do, only leads to more and more tracking and control of the people.
If the issue couldn't plausibly have been caused by the new operating system, yes, they should.So, for example, you buy a Honda. You replace the operating system with one you 'prefer' and Honda should honour the warranty. Right…
Apple's App store has a lot more scams than Windows' biggest app store, Steam. When I want something in Steam, I can type its name in and it comes up. On the Apple App store, I get a bunch of SEO garbage and ads listed first.As for the "Apple decides what apps you can install" that's a good thing. There's so much trash/scams/etc that get submitted to the App Store and Apple weeds out that garbage. Would you trust the App Store if half the apps you downloaded were scams?
You mean the guy that allowed the Apple Watch ban to go into effect?as they have Biden in their pocket.
Should you have the freedom to spend money on a device that infringes Apple's patents, copyrights, trademarks?What I don't agree with is if I have money to spend, that some bureaucrat is going to tell me what I can spend it on.
It's called freedom.
I wouldn't mind some kind of regulation that forced a minimum software support period.I just dont get how entire countries feel like they can control corporate companies to mandate silly rules ... if this is the case, why not go after cheap android phone makers to put better processors in their phones? or more memory? or make your phone upgradeable for longer?