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Apple must open iPadOS to sideloading within 6 months, EU says

(arstechnica.com)
380 points rezonant | 1 comments | 30 Apr 24 04:44 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Krasnol ◴[30 Apr 24 05:10 UTC] No.40207447[source]▶
Sounds like it's time again for the litany of fear, uncertainly and doubt or will we, now that the EU has hit so many times, finally hear the other one? The one where Apple came up with the idea by themselves, and they just needed some time to reassure quality?
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hehdhdjehehegwv ◴[30 Apr 24 05:26 UTC] No.40207521[source]▶
I’m guessing the EU is just holding it wrong.
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thebruce87m[dead post] ◴[30 Apr 24 06:11 UTC] No.40207724[source]▶
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josefx ◴[30 Apr 24 06:37 UTC] No.40207896[source]▶
Jobs exact words where: "All phones have sensitive areas, just avoid holding it in this way."

Which is arguably worse, since all of Apples official statements on that case contained that bit of intentional gaslighting at the beginning. The iPhone 4 did not just have "sensitive areas", it completely exposed the antenna, causing it to short circuit from normal use.

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thebruce87m ◴[30 Apr 24 06:43 UTC] No.40207933[source]▶
I know the history of it, I followed it closely at the time. That’s why I pointed out that the quote was wrong ( and got downvoted ). I expect the same will happen to you since you posted the correct quote.
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figassis ◴[30 Apr 24 07:09 UTC] No.40208066[source]▶
I’m sure you understand why you were downvoted and that it has nothing to do with what facts you stated.
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thebruce87m[dead post] ◴[30 Apr 24 07:33 UTC] No.40208190[source]▶
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rezonant ◴[30 Apr 24 07:46 UTC] No.40208278[source]▶
Complaining about downvoting is bad form. If you are temporarily downvoted on a post and react by editing it to complain, that's a surefire way for that post to remain negative on its point balance.
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thebruce87m ◴[30 Apr 24 08:54 UTC] No.40208684[source]▶
I’m not scared by downvotes. I called out bad form as I interpreted it, just as you are you are doing now. Posting facts in HN should not warrant downvotes. Neither should reasonable discussions.
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1. dang ◴[01 May 24 02:22 UTC] No.40218857[source]▶
You posted 10 comments about this. That's way too much, and the site guidelines specifically ask people not to comment about downvotes because "it never does any good and makes boring reading": https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

You're quite right, of course, that people vote with feelings and ignore facts, but you're wrong about that being specific to Apple. It's true of everything, and therefore it is not interesting (although it certainly is annoying). We want HN threads to be for interesting conversation.