▲ 558 ▼ Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch Google (www.theverge.com) submitted 3 years ago by MazonnaCara89@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml 128 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 12 points 3 years ago (2 children) Wait what's apple been up to? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 30 points 3 years ago* (2 children) Broadly: Constructing their hardware so it's impossible to repair or upgrade by anyone but them (or at all), then lobbying against any attempts to legislate the 'right to repair'. Check out the work of Louis Rossmann for details. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 7 points 3 years ago (2 children) Oh I thought this was something new they were doing. Same old shit they've always been up to. Got it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 years ago My favourite is making the nvme drive accessible, but soldering the actual memory controller to the mainboard, so this ability to swap the drive is utterly useless to us. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 8 points 3 years ago Well the latest development is that Apple is now going to support the current right to repair bill in California, but people are rightfully suspicious that they're going to get some loopholes written in or otherwise neuter the bill. An article: https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/24/apple_california_right_repair/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] dandroid@dandroid.app 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) They actually support right to repair laws. The joke is that they will make their hardware so difficult to repair that they are the only ones who can do it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 4 points 3 years ago Only very recently, and people are rightly suspicious of their motives: https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/24/apple_california_right_repair/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago LOL what are they not up to? To put it very succinctly: they want to control you and your very expensive hardware that you buy from them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 30 points 3 years ago* (2 children) Broadly: Constructing their hardware so it's impossible to repair or upgrade by anyone but them (or at all), then lobbying against any attempts to legislate the 'right to repair'. Check out the work of Louis Rossmann for details. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 7 points 3 years ago (2 children) Oh I thought this was something new they were doing. Same old shit they've always been up to. Got it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 years ago My favourite is making the nvme drive accessible, but soldering the actual memory controller to the mainboard, so this ability to swap the drive is utterly useless to us. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 8 points 3 years ago Well the latest development is that Apple is now going to support the current right to repair bill in California, but people are rightfully suspicious that they're going to get some loopholes written in or otherwise neuter the bill. An article: https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/24/apple_california_right_repair/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] dandroid@dandroid.app 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) They actually support right to repair laws. The joke is that they will make their hardware so difficult to repair that they are the only ones who can do it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 4 points 3 years ago Only very recently, and people are rightly suspicious of their motives: https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/24/apple_california_right_repair/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 7 points 3 years ago (2 children) Oh I thought this was something new they were doing. Same old shit they've always been up to. Got it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 years ago My favourite is making the nvme drive accessible, but soldering the actual memory controller to the mainboard, so this ability to swap the drive is utterly useless to us. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 8 points 3 years ago Well the latest development is that Apple is now going to support the current right to repair bill in California, but people are rightfully suspicious that they're going to get some loopholes written in or otherwise neuter the bill. An article: https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/24/apple_california_right_repair/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 years ago My favourite is making the nvme drive accessible, but soldering the actual memory controller to the mainboard, so this ability to swap the drive is utterly useless to us. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 8 points 3 years ago Well the latest development is that Apple is now going to support the current right to repair bill in California, but people are rightfully suspicious that they're going to get some loopholes written in or otherwise neuter the bill. An article: https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/24/apple_california_right_repair/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) They actually support right to repair laws. The joke is that they will make their hardware so difficult to repair that they are the only ones who can do it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 4 points 3 years ago Only very recently, and people are rightly suspicious of their motives: https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/24/apple_california_right_repair/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 4 points 3 years ago Only very recently, and people are rightly suspicious of their motives: https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/24/apple_california_right_repair/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago LOL what are they not up to? To put it very succinctly: they want to control you and your very expensive hardware that you buy from them. permalink fedilink source parent