It's anti-competitive to not allow third-party operating systems. Apple won't be allowed to ship a car unless it opens up users' Apple mobile devices to other operating systems. Enough fake money and local bankruptcy plans from corporate California.
I'm glad this Linux web site is still up on the Internet and doesn't cost me billions of dollars to post to for some reason. If only Apple were visible somewhere on the internet so they could be criticized and forced into being open; you know? (Nice hostname..)
Anyway, here's an important news article from 2017 via 2010 detailing why the company will be having problems until they acknowledge more about their operations:
Life and death in Apple's forbidden city
In an extract from his new book, Brian Merchant reveals how he gained access to Longhua, the vast complex where iPhones are made and where, in 2010, unhappy workers started killing themselves
It's printed on the back of every iPhone: "Designed by Apple in California Assembled in China". US law dictates that products manufactured in China must be labelled as such and Apple's inclusion of the phrase renders the statement uniquely illustrative of one of the planet's starkest economic divides - the cutting edge is conceived and designed in Silicon Valley, but it is assembled by hand in China.
In 2010, Longhua assembly-line workers began killing themselves. Worker after worker threw themselves off the towering dorm buildings, sometimes in broad daylight, in tragic displays of desperation - and in protest at the work conditions inside. There were 18 reported suicide attempts that year alone and 14 confirmed deaths. Twenty more workers were talked down by Foxconn officials.
The epidemic caused a media sensation - suicides and sweatshop conditions in the House of iPhone. Suicide notes and survivors told of immense stress, long workdays and harsh managers who were prone to humiliate workers for mistakes, of unfair fines and unkept promises of benefits.
Is Twitter a common carrier? (47 USC 201-276)
Seems that it was smart to keep the telephone company around after all..
ADT and Google Partner To Create Leading Smart Home Security Offering
August 3, 2020
"ADT (NYSE: ADT), a leading provider of security and smart home solutions, and Google today announced they are entering into a long-term partnership to create the next generation of smart home security offerings. The partnership will combine Nest's award-winning hardware and services, powered by Google's machine learning technology, with ADT's installation, service and professional monitoring network to create a more helpful smart home and integrated experience for customers across the United States."
Google invests in ADT, will integrate its Nest devices into smart home business
August 3, 2020
"Google has invested $450 million for a 6.6 percent stake in security company ADT, the companies announced today. The deal, which is expected to close in the third quarter of this year, will see ADT's technicians selling and installing Google's Nest smart home devices, such as cameras and smart displays, as early as this year. Homes and small businesses are said to be the two target markets."
Google's stock symbol is GOOG, by the way. The stock exchange doesn't matter, that's why Google exists.. right?
Ask me if you want more information.
What a stupid design.
Google is getting left behind due to its horrible stealing of everyone's e-mails, notes, photos, call logs, contact lists, business plans, location history, life stories, and search engine logs.
If only we had easy-to-understand free software that allowed us to compete with the proprietary confusion stack that this multi-billion dollar company put in our life..
Maybe there should be less corporations and, thus, less confusion, and thus, more choice.
Best regards,
A Slashdot H1B Scare Article Survivor, 1998
"Waiting For The Criticism of Google" Division, 1998-2020
Nikola Tesla Google Doodle Critic, 2009
Arguing about network neutrality on the Internet is like allowing the windmill to reverse itself so you tilt into it further.
Don't be distracted by heavy top-stack terms like 'neutrality' where they hide the word 'trail' and bounce it across the word 'troll' to get you angry at corporate censorship.
The cost of internetworking needs to come down. Very simple.
I'd like to note that years of computers, Linux, and eating pizza has made me fat and more healthy than I would have been eating salty popcorn and watching what's been coming out of the entertainment industry for the past twenty years.
Challenge is to consult http://decss.zoy.org/ to see what today's response would be to the DVD accessibility lawsuit.
Yes, I did get sued for distributing DeCSS (pronounced for legal reasons as the letters: D.E.C.S.S.).
Hackers are just a migratory lifeform with a tropism for computers.
