An erra is to come to an end as the Eu says enough is enough and introduces new rules and hefty fines.
Let’s go one further and compel Apple, Microsoft, and Google to open source their entire operating systems. :)
I am almost certain there would be two major impacts from that. The first being that operating system development would slow to the pace that the community wishes instead of having big money behind it. And the second is that security updates would come quite a bit faster.
Edit: I figure brand new major features would be slower in coming. But security would be improved.
Open source doesn’t mean open source development. But yes on the bugfixes
I figure brand new major features would be slower in coming. But security would be improved.
I feel there’s going to be an element of “old man yells at cloud” here, but that isn’t inherently a bad thing. I just use Windows at work at the moment but there’s very little I do in Windows that I couldn’t do as far back as Windows XP as long as driver support kept up. I don’t use it for the OS, the OS just enables me to use the applications I need.
Same with MacOS. I know Apple always act like every minor enhancement is the greatest thing ever (look, we added Tabs to Finder 🤩), but ultimately the OS is there to act as the pathway between my applications and my hardware.
If the focus switched from features to security, would we really lose anything of value? At a minimum I wouldn’t have family contacting me cause their PC looks different than it did previously (looking at you centralised Windows taskbar 👀).
I agree. That definitely would not be the worst thing ever.
The operating system that runs most servers, a lot of them doing web cloud and networking, with high levels of security (developed by security companies) is open source, the *BSD distributions and also Linux.
But I also have doubts if this is the right move.But I also have doubts if this is the right move
Can you share those and the reasoning, please?
Sorry for replying late.
iOS is a key component in apple’s business and I’m not sure this won’t set a precedent. I think we need competitiveness in industry, albeit a fair one.No worries, and that actually makes sense, now that you mention it. Thank you for your reply.
What does it mean to “open up” an operating system in this context? Do they mean something like the possibility to intall other OSes on their devices, or that the app stores needs to be more open? I’m guessing it does not mean they have to start open source:ing parts of the OS… or?
Probably to allow proper sideloading of apps, instead of the contrived bullshit they already tried to pull.
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From the last paragraph, it sounds like the intent is to make it easier to switch devices and services, which would be great
We are talking about lawmakers making this demand. They don’t have a fucking clue what the difference is between all these possibilities.
Rather than waiting around for the legal system to nanny me, I’ve gone ahead and committed to only purchase hardware that does not attempt to restrict me.
Such as Android, (which some these restrictions seem to be coming to Android to to an extent.)
The thing with AOSP though, that it has the potential to stand on its own, given a talented dev team behind it. I see this everywhere in the ROM communities. So actually Android is a great example, despite what a lot of people say about Google “monopoly”.
I think you and I have different thresholds for what counts as ‘not restricting the user’.
Hey EU! Microsoft is not letting me play Mario Odyssey on their closed system!! Fix it!
Let’s make them open up their hardware instead with all the software or documentation needed to run it and have them compete with aftermarket operating systems.
Hey comment section I forgot to add the URL to this post before posting it earlier today, I added it in now.
Damn… this is the first time I don’t agree with the outcome of an EU decision regarding Apple.
Why not? Opening up a system to competition usually makes it better, no?
Their stuff is designed to specifically work with their stuff, and that’s a big part of their IP.
The I in IP stands for intelectual; AKA, the clever things they reached with their thoughts. The artificial limitations are not IP, simply mechanisms they included exclusivity. They needn’t be clever. if (!apple) { rejectApp(); hideDocs() } is not IP.
Apple opening up would makes to mean toward them more. Still, I’m only going to get a new phone after 2026, after the EU’s battery mandate in force.
