結局、Appleも邪悪だった
結局、Appleも邪悪だった
Pluralistic: Apple's unlawful evil (06 Oct 2025)
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/06/rogue-capitalism/
"That’s how Facebook can roll out a new Oculus VR headset that is tied to your Facebook account – if you resign from (or get kicked off of) Facebook, your VR headset turns into a brick. It’s not really yours. Rather, you are a tenant of Facebook’s, which has graciously extended the use of its property to you for the low price of $400."
#CoryDoctorow, 2020
https://locusmag.com/2021/01/cory-doctorow-neofeudalism-and-the-digital-manor/
Apps are part what #BruceSchneier calls #FeudalSecurity. In this model, we defend ourselves against the bandits who roam the internet by moving into a warlord's fortress. So long as we do what the warlord tells us to do, his hired mercenaries will keep us safe from the bandits:
https://locusmag.com/2021/01/cory-doctorow-neofeudalism-and-the-digital-manor/
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This is #FeudalSecurity. In a lawless realm of roving bandits, Apple offers us a high-walled fortress bristling with fierce infosec mercenaries who promise to defend us from the threats outside the walls. In return, Apple uses its control over the gateway to the outside world to extract a tax from everyone who brings us the things we need.
Apple has every incentive to make this fortress as impregnable as possible.
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