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kleinbl00  ·  2349 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Is a closed ecosystem a monopoly?

    Really? A monopoly?

Really. A monopoly.

Let's say you want to swap text messages with people on iMessage. Except whoops. You're on Android. Those giant media files that Apple shoves everywhere over an ad-hoc mix of wifi and 3G? Yeah, we're gonna crunch it down to 16kbps mp4s that, by the way, can be middle-manned via stagefright.. Except whoops you had an iOS device in the past 36 weeks so you don't get MMS from iOS devices because Apple refuses to disconnect iMessage from texting until it hits their 8-month cap because fuck you for going to Android.

But, you know, maybe there are other ways to do this, like Join.. Except fuck you, it's a competitor to iMessage so you can't download it from the App Store because

    Really? A monopoly?

So now you've got a rubegoldbergian workaround that involves "buy a cheap Android device."

Legitimately: I am missing work communication right now because I don't have an iOS device. Because fuck you, we're Apple.