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651 points openchampagne | 6 comments | 04 Feb 25 16:21 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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morsecodist ◴[04 Feb 25 16:43 UTC] No.42934793[source]▶
Unfortunately, I have to hope this doesn't see widespread adoption. If this becomes the standard it will just add to already existing social pressure to get an iPhone in the US.
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pulisse ◴[04 Feb 25 16:46 UTC] No.42934875[source]▶
> anyone can RSVP, regardless of whether they have an Apple Account or Apple device.
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frereubu ◴[04 Feb 25 16:48 UTC] No.42934906[source]▶
But no-one without an Apple Account can create them - you can only respond to Apple-having friends. There is social pressure in that too.
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EA-3167 ◴[04 Feb 25 16:49 UTC] No.42934938[source]▶
A company creating a useful tool that encourages people to buy their product is incredibly boring, typical, and not at all controversial until it's Apple doing it.
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unethical_ban ◴[04 Feb 25 16:51 UTC] No.42934974[source]▶
It may have something to do with the duopolistic nature of mobile phones and the absolute size and dominance of Apple.
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1. EA-3167 ◴[04 Feb 25 17:21 UTC] No.42935515[source]▶
I suspect it has a lot more to do with the concentration of mobile devs and FOSS types here, along with people who really can't understand that not everyone wants their phone to be something other than "Working out of the box."
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2. freedomben ◴[04 Feb 25 21:49 UTC] No.42939353[source]▶
Ah yes the classic false dichotomy, that it either has to be closed/proprietary/locked down and "just works" or it can be open but unusable. In reality the two are completely orthogonal. There's nothing magical about publishing the source that suddenly changes the code or the product and breaks it. If Apple open sourced ever line of code they have tonight, would iPhones suddenly stop working?
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3. EA-3167 ◴[04 Feb 25 22:26 UTC] No.42939882[source]▶
So, what's stopping you from becoming Apple's competition? If a significant number of people crave your idea of FOSS and you have ideas to make a superior product, I'm sure the market will reward you.
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4. fsflover ◴[05 Feb 25 11:04 UTC] No.42946846{3}[source]▶
Did you ever see any Linux laptop in a store? They do have some market share but never existed to the ordinary people.

Also, GNU/Linux phones exist (Librem 5 is my daily driver). However without Apple's budgets, you can't create the same smooth experience. You just can't compete with the duopoly.

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5. EA-3167 ◴[05 Feb 25 16:28 UTC] No.42950866{4}[source]▶
So what you're saying is that alternatives do exist, but they aren't popular... that doesn't sound like a "duopoly" exists, it just sounds like Android and Apple cover the needs of the vast majority of people. I'm sure it's difficult to be part of a niche, but that doesn't mean that there's some conspiracy against you.
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6. fsflover ◴[05 Feb 25 17:35 UTC] No.42952107{5}[source]▶
> I'm sure it's difficult to be part of a niche, but that doesn't mean that there's some conspiracy against you.

Yes, it does: https://puri.sm/posts/breaking-ground/. Purism tried to created their own smartphone not relying on Apple and Google and it was almost impossible to find the necessary chips. Nobody wanted to share the schematics or open the drivers. People are just locked-in into the duopoly. It's impossible to use popular apps without it, like Whatsapp or even Signal (!).