Post #3486316
2026-06-29 22:12 UTC
The idea that users have a "choice" of brickware-from-day-one Androids, or brickware-from-date-of-revenue-collapse iPhones is a scandal, and the solution is legislation that legalises market forces to reassert themselves. That's not possible when hardware is held hostage to extractive OEM and carrier sales incentives.
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@slightlyoff@toot.cafe 2026-06-29 22:31
As a corollary, a useful guide for regulators to know if they're on the right track is the extent to which Apple and Google and Samsung and Qualcomm squeal, falsely claiming the consequence would be mass-scale insecurity. The more they do, the more correct the policy is.