Apple already shipped attestation on the web, and we barely noticed

Yesterday, the sentiment on Google's early proposal was "company breakups start to make a lot of sense", "Go f yourself, Google", "It's maddening and saddening", "[the people involved] reputations are fully gone from this".

Today it turns out Apple not only proposed but implemented and shipped the actual feature last year. "It could be an interesting opportunity to reboot a few long-lost dreams". "I kind of get both sides here". "I guess I personally come down to leaving this turned on in Safari for now, and seeing what happens". Granted, the overall sentiment is still negative but the difference in tone is stark. The reality distortion field is alive and well, folks.

Yup -- you see this same effect on articles about Apple's draconian OS policies.

When Microsoft bundled IE with Windows that was terrible. But Apple bundling Safari and locking out competing browsers? That's just what's best for the customer.

> When Microsoft bundled IE with Windows that was terrible.

Microsoft was a monopolist (the government went after them for misuse of their monopoly power).

> Apple bundling Safari and locking out competing browsers? That's just what's best for the customer.

I'm not sure how common that sentiment is, but no sane person would argue that Apple has a monopoly on basically anything.

Apple captures 85% of the profit share of the worldwide phone market, as Apple websites love to trumpet: https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/02/03/apple-collects-ne...