After USB-C win, EU tells Tim Cook that Apple must ‘open up its gates to competitors’.::The iPhone 15 has USB-C, a move largely due to impending legislation in the European Union requiring smartphones and other…
good.
EU doing something good for a change.
Finally someone is fighting those companies that take advantage of controlling the platforms.
Can’t happen soon enough. Personally, I’d wish this would go much further and would allow every device to be flashable, with only a few exceptions for safety, like cars.
There’s also a certain irony that certain other places will go to bat for right to repair, and then turn around and say “Actually, I want to live in a walled garden.”, not realizing that these are two sides of the same coin.
Good for people who decide to adopt Android or an open source OS after having an iPhone for a while. Would help get some more traction for alternatives too like Ubuntu Touch.
Beyond pure principle, flashing would be very useful when it comes to extending the lifecycle of the device beyond its original purpose. They’re quite powerful and could be turned into a small server for example, similar to a Raspberry Pi. While lacking in ports, they do come with a battery, wifi+cellular and multiple cameras already built in.
I would love an iPad Mini running android. Theres basically no high end android tablet in that size factor, but I won’t use fucking IOS just to get my favo form factor. iOS is so neutered and unpractical in comparison to android. It’s so weird that iOS became so popular to me… It’s still stuck 10y ago in like 90% of its os design ideas.
iOS is so neutered and unpractical in comparison to android. It’s so weird that iOS became so popular to me… It’s still stuck 10y ago in like 90% of its os design ideas.
Exactly!!! Most people don’t get any of this and will instead claim android and iOS are practically the same thing
with only a few exceptions for safety, like cars.
No. There are three main bullshit arguments being used by lobbyists actively making the world a worse place by fighting against this type of legislation.
- safety and security
- intellectual propery rights
- hindering innovation
All three are demonstrably used in hearings to convince legislators to not sign right to repair bills into law. And all three are absolute bullshit.
Replacing the brakes on your own car is not generally seen as introducing safety risks, so why would software be any different? The only things that actually make cars safe are competent drivers (wether flesh and bone, or digital) and proper manufacturing (so no malfunctioning during use).
There is a reason full self driving is not legal in most places worldwide, and likely won’t be for a very long time. We’ve seen too many examples of software fuck ups and the legal responsibility in case of an accident is still a difficult part of the equation.
If we’re able to integrate full infotainment systems into cars, and all kinds of AI gadgets for driving assistance. We should be able to make cars safer even if the software is user servicable.
No more gatekeeping bullshit.
with only a few exceptions for safety, like cars.
Safety means extra-flashable.
Yeah man, can’t wait to be sharing the road with people running custom ROMs on their 2 ton death machine. People are well known for being responsible in situations like that.
Quite frankly why the hell should I trust any publicly traded automaker to flash quality software?
Some of them have a track record for quantifying the cost of fixing an issue versus cost of settling lawsuits for that unfixed issue killing people.
If the iPhone becomes flashable, I bet apple will try and make it very difficult for people to flash it.
