Submitted 9 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to technology@beehaw.org
Guys, could you just stop buying Apple crap? They are just another big company that will do anything to make money, no matter how much they are already making. They don’t care about consumers’ rights and would probably rather they were done away with. Giving Apple money is just giving the big bully money.
Every company you can buy a smartphone from is “another big company that will do anything to make money, no matter how much they’re already making.” This is an issue with capitalism, not just inherently Apple. Don’t fault people for using the tool that works best for what they’re doing.
I can and will fault them. Not every company you can buy a smartphone from is big. FairPhone exists, Murena exists, and if you look around you’ll probably find more.
And even if you absolutely have to buy from a big brand, there’s no need to give that money to the richest company on the planet.
There are, however, several less-monopolistic companies you can/should consider buying from.
You know that you don’t have to declare copyright in every comment you make, yeah? All I can think of is the "Tryin’ to make a change :-/" SMS signature meme.
I don’t have to, but I want to.
Nah
I just bought a MacBook because I’ve been trying to do Linux for work but there are some things that just don’t work and I’m not interested in Windows. I’m turning into an Apple bro, someone help me.
It really doesn’t matter… there is no ethical consumption under capitalism. Just use what’s more practical or better in any way for you.
You can use alternatives to Apple’s phones, tablets, desktops, headphones; but there is no Macbook alternative. It is just too good for mobile usage.
If you’re developing apps for Mac or making music, I can definitely understand. For sure there are reasons not to go windows and then you’re just left with Mac, but many many people just look for excuses - or don’t care about budding monopolies. I find fault with that 🤷
Google isn’t any better. And there aren’t a lot phone operating system options you can choose from.
Google isn’t better, Android is: it’s opensource.
Strange when the party receiving the “commission” gets to dictate the terms of that commission.
originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 9 months ago
“You don’t need to use us for payments but you still need to pay us for the payments we had nothing to do with” is perfectly monopolistic
scorpionix@feddit.de 9 months ago
Well, they do provide the AppStore and the whole underlying infrastructure. So a fee in and off itself is not unreasonable.
However, since the AppStore is the only channel for selling/downloading apps it reeks of monopoly (which Apple is rightly being investigated for).
Michal@programming.dev 9 months ago
It is unreasonable if they are not the one providing payment infra.
They already charge developers 100$ pa for the app store account. If that doesn’t cover their costs, they can increase it, but going after 3rd party payments is pure greed.
originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Why does providing the App Store entitle them to a percentage of in app purchases instead of, say, a fee per download or something?
sarchar@programming.dev 9 months ago
Sounds eerily similar to taxes.
slowbyrne@beehaw.org 9 months ago
Taxes contribute to providing services and infrastructure to the people. This takes money from the people and deposits it into the bank accounts of the wealthy. I see two very different things.