ElCapitan

The question is how many coal fired plants are on hot standby in or outside state to even make this virtue signaling competition possible? 

Well, that's gotta Zuck.

SpamSandwich said:

ElCapitan said:

SpamSandwich said:

ElCapitan said:

SpamSandwich said:

ElCapitan said:

About time!

I hope they seek to cooperate very closely with the EU which has fined some of these companies multiple times on antitrust issues.

When it comes to Apple, either they have to open up the iOS app store for equal access by any developer regardless how much Apple management disagree with their personal or political standings.

 If Apple want to continue to portray and market themselves as a global company, they also must learn to accept global views, cultures, customs and people even if it flies right in their face. If not, they will not be able to continue to grow in the global market. Their pricing structure is one inhibitor to global growth, but so is also the cultural marxism imposed on iOS customers by Apple management. 

Even though my own political views might be adversely affected, I just disagree Apple should be forced to carry anything they don’t want in their App Store. That’s a violation of private property rights.

The they (and the other big tech companies) cannot claim Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act protection, and at the same time block a large section of political and cultural expression access to their platform. If they do they are per definition a publisher and hence responsible for anything published on their platform. The app store would shrink to a few titles in matter of days with such a limitation imposed. 

You can say that iOS is a separate platform, but the courts may think different in that Apple does not edit, stop or limit any content on macOS (although they seem to be trying to move in that direction with the mandatory notarization of Mac apps). So which is it? 

If they don't want to carry content they as a company object to – fine. Do it in your own curated store, but you shall be extremely hard pressed to argue that the same store must be a monopol to protect the integrity of the company – particularly as not being a monopoly on their other platform does not harm them neither financially or reputation wise. Actually it also makes the Mac easier to market in many world geos. It also makes it less controversial and politicized. 

There is no app monopoly. People are free to move to Android and if they don’t like Android, they can write their own apps!

There is what we call a technical lock-in to the platform once you have entered which is a combination of financial investment in hardware and software, in addition there might be carrier lock-in and financing lock-in (such as purchasing the hardware on a monthly payment plan via a bank, credit card, store financing etc).

So once you are in the platform there is clearly a monopoly inside of it that is unacceptable. 

The other companies like Google, FB and Twitter have more or less established de-factor standards not only in the US but across the planet which are much harder to leave.  iOS users have a possibility of leaving the platform, although in reality this can be harder than in theory. 

Is Ford required to sell Chevy trucks at their dealerships?

Ford is not a content carrying platform that censors political opinions and cultural views.

The analogy would be Ford limiting their trucks to only carry load from manufacturers of a certain political standpoint, or their cars to only carry passengers discussing leftist views and opinions. 

SpamSandwich said:

ElCapitan said:

SpamSandwich said:

ElCapitan said:

About time!

I hope they seek to cooperate very closely with the EU which has fined some of these companies multiple times on antitrust issues.

When it comes to Apple, either they have to open up the iOS app store for equal access by any developer regardless how much Apple management disagree with their personal or political standings.

 If Apple want to continue to portray and market themselves as a global company, they also must learn to accept global views, cultures, customs and people even if it flies right in their face. If not, they will not be able to continue to grow in the global market. Their pricing structure is one inhibitor to global growth, but so is also the cultural marxism imposed on iOS customers by Apple management. 

Even though my own political views might be adversely affected, I just disagree Apple should be forced to carry anything they don’t want in their App Store. That’s a violation of private property rights.

The they (and the other big tech companies) cannot claim Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act protection, and at the same time block a large section of political and cultural expression access to their platform. If they do they are per definition a publisher and hence responsible for anything published on their platform. The app store would shrink to a few titles in matter of days with such a limitation imposed. 

You can say that iOS is a separate platform, but the courts may think different in that Apple does not edit, stop or limit any content on macOS (although they seem to be trying to move in that direction with the mandatory notarization of Mac apps). So which is it? 

If they don't want to carry content they as a company object to – fine. Do it in your own curated store, but you shall be extremely hard pressed to argue that the same store must be a monopol to protect the integrity of the company – particularly as not being a monopoly on their other platform does not harm them neither financially or reputation wise. Actually it also makes the Mac easier to market in many world geos. It also makes it less controversial and politicized. 

There is no app monopoly. People are free to move to Android and if they don’t like Android, they can write their own apps!

There is what we call a technical lock-in to the platform once you have entered which is a combination of financial investment in hardware and software, in addition there might be carrier lock-in and financing lock-in (such as purchasing the hardware on a monthly payment plan via a bank, credit card, store financing etc).

So once you are in the platform there is clearly a monopoly inside of it that is unacceptable. 

The other companies like Google, FB and Twitter have more or less established de-factor standards not only in the US but across the planet which are much harder to leave.  iOS users have a possibility of leaving the platform, although in reality this can be harder than in theory. 

SpamSandwich said:

ElCapitan said:

About time!

I hope they seek to cooperate very closely with the EU which has fined some of these companies multiple times on antitrust issues.

When it comes to Apple, either they have to open up the iOS app store for equal access by any developer regardless how much Apple management disagree with their personal or political standings.

 If Apple want to continue to portray and market themselves as a global company, they also must learn to accept global views, cultures, customs and people even if it flies right in their face. If not, they will not be able to continue to grow in the global market. Their pricing structure is one inhibitor to global growth, but so is also the cultural marxism imposed on iOS customers by Apple management. 

Even though my own political views might be adversely affected, I just disagree Apple should be forced to carry anything they don’t want in their App Store. That’s a violation of private property rights.

The they (and the other big tech companies) cannot claim Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act protection, and at the same time block a large section of political and cultural expression access to their platform. If they do they are per definition a publisher and hence responsible for anything published on their platform. The app store would shrink to a few titles in matter of days with such a limitation imposed. 

You can say that iOS is a separate platform, but the courts may think different in that Apple does not edit, stop or limit any content on macOS (although they seem to be trying to move in that direction with the mandatory notarization of Mac apps). So which is it? 

If they don't want to carry content they as a company object to – fine. Do it in your own curated store, but you shall be extremely hard pressed to argue that the same store must be a monopol to protect the integrity of the company – particularly as not being a monopoly on their other platform does not harm them neither financially or reputation wise. Actually it also makes the Mac easier to market in many world geos. It also makes it less controversial and politicized.