Doesn’t seem like they ever will be. They have an answer to everything lawmakers come up with. Consumers are the only group that could punish Apple in a meaningful way, and at this point, that’s definitely not in the cards either.
That’s what I was getting at. Consumers still buy the damn things, even though they’re manufactured by this toxic company. Can’t fault them for it either. They are pretty, after all. So we’re going to have to trust regulations. Regulations, however, always seem to be one step behind, don’t they? EU just forced the implementation of USB-C in all devices. Great. Pretty soon, those devices will all be tied to proprietary wireless charging stations. Maybe, hopefully, time will prove me wrong.
Of course, laws can work. Why are you putting words in my mouth? Take a breath, and go outside. There’s lots of laws working just fine. My problem is with companies that are too big to fail, employing better lawyers than regulators could ever afford. I say split those companies up into bits that regulators actually handle.
They have an answer to everything lawmakers come up with. Consumers are the only group that could punish Apple in a meaningful way
Regulations, however, always seem to be one step behind, don’t they?
Congratulations on this new suggestion of trust-busting to fix that, but please do not pretend it’s my fault for reading where you suggested it’s unfixable. Or I’m sorry, unfixable “in any meaningful way.”
You’re showing so much patience with me, thank you. Copying my words back to me when coming up with new ones doesn’t work. Here I am trying to have this dialogue with you, but all you seem interested in is picking a fight with me. I sincerely hope that regulators will win the fight, I’m just not as confident as you that they will. Can we maybe leave it at that? I wish you nothing but good things, a nice weekend too.
‘What you wrote the first two times sounded exactly like what you accused me of making up.’
‘Wow, touch grass.’
Good dialogue, super valid.
Especially when you’re still reiterating the undercurrent of pessimism that I’m criticizing in the first place. ‘Companies just out-spend regulators. I have no faith it will work out. Oh well, agree to disagree!’
If they have to “allow” it, they haven’t been beaten hard enough.
Doesn’t seem like they ever will be. They have an answer to everything lawmakers come up with. Consumers are the only group that could punish Apple in a meaningful way, and at this point, that’s definitely not in the cards either.
Baloney. Consumers didn’t do shit - only state power has curtailed their abuses.
Stop this fatalist expectation that we’d have to shop our way out it. This is what regulation is for. It works. All we have to do is do it.
That’s what I was getting at. Consumers still buy the damn things, even though they’re manufactured by this toxic company. Can’t fault them for it either. They are pretty, after all. So we’re going to have to trust regulations. Regulations, however, always seem to be one step behind, don’t they? EU just forced the implementation of USB-C in all devices. Great. Pretty soon, those devices will all be tied to proprietary wireless charging stations. Maybe, hopefully, time will prove me wrong.
I’ve lost all patience for people whose hot take is that laws can’t work.
Of course, laws can work. Why are you putting words in my mouth? Take a breath, and go outside. There’s lots of laws working just fine. My problem is with companies that are too big to fail, employing better lawyers than regulators could ever afford. I say split those companies up into bits that regulators actually handle.
Here are the words from your mouth:
Congratulations on this new suggestion of trust-busting to fix that, but please do not pretend it’s my fault for reading where you suggested it’s unfixable. Or I’m sorry, unfixable “in any meaningful way.”
You’re showing so much patience with me, thank you. Copying my words back to me when coming up with new ones doesn’t work. Here I am trying to have this dialogue with you, but all you seem interested in is picking a fight with me. I sincerely hope that regulators will win the fight, I’m just not as confident as you that they will. Can we maybe leave it at that? I wish you nothing but good things, a nice weekend too.
‘What you wrote the first two times sounded exactly like what you accused me of making up.’
‘Wow, touch grass.’
Good dialogue, super valid.
Especially when you’re still reiterating the undercurrent of pessimism that I’m criticizing in the first place. ‘Companies just out-spend regulators. I have no faith it will work out. Oh well, agree to disagree!’
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