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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Mozilla is unhappy because the use of browser engines other than WebKit will be restricted to the EU, forcing them to develop two different apps.

For an independent browser like Firefox, managing two browsers is not easy, so it can be forgiven that this could be seen as almost harassment.

Also, the fact that the use of browser engines other than WebKit is limited to iOS means that the use of WebKit is still forced on iPadOS, which also increases the effort for Mozilla.

Source: https://iphonewired.com/news/746093/

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[-] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

You asked what parts aren't compatible, and one answer is everything bought for Apple computers, iPhones, iPads, etc. Apps, media, anything that isn't subscription based.

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

And windows/Android/Linux all have alternatives. This is not an excuse.

[-] LWD@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

What's the alternative to $5,000 of DRM encrypted media exclusively served by Apple?

The point of this thought experiment is to understand that sunk cost is a real thing outside of a fallacy.

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

What media is served by apple only?

[-] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago
[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

??? All of that is accessible on both other OS's

[-] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago
[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

??? What's this supposed to be? Shit that's on the app store...also exists in the android store, usually it's a 1 to 1.

[-] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

I (and other people) have already said that re-buying the same products and learning alternative ones is expensive in both time and money. That's the point.

And I don't know a ton of iOS killer apps but you would probably have to convince people with a ton of effort that Procreate is replaced by something on Android, let alone any other app I don't know about

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

And I've already pointed out that almost all products you buy are not OS specific...the license is for the software not the OS. So you don't have to rebuy, but that seems to be something the fanboys are missing.

[-] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Every Apple mobile app only runs on Apple hardware. Unless you assume 100% luck or 100% foresight, which is rare, every app that runs on a different platform was written for that different platform in addition to the Apple one.

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Where did I say that you can run ios apps directly on Android or osx dmgs on Windows? I never did, I said they almost always have versions of it that run on different platforms. There is a windows version of Photoshop....so your logic here is that osx version of Photoshop cannot run on Windows...no shit...

[-] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Okay, so you would advise someone who bought, say, Photoshop on a Mac OS to consider that cost sunk, and then to purchase what on Linux?

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Gimp for Linux. It's free even.

On top of that the Photoshop license is not os specific. You can use it for Windows or osx.

[-] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Gimp has a small subset of Photoshop features... That's... Common knowledge

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Ok? And Photoshop license isn't for just osx... you're literally proving the point that you can migrate but you don't want to because of some stupid allegiance to apple

[-] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

I... Don't like Apple at all. I'm engaging in a thing called a thought experiment, which is required to rationally assess why somebody might not want to throw away things they have purchased and devote both more time and more money to something that doesn't work as well as it.

So I don't know what all the cool killer Mac apps. Replace Photoshop with the name of a bunch of cool killer Mac apps, and repeat the question.

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Well if you're playing devil's advocate then I guess ok? But that's a tough job on this one, as there are very little pros to sticking with apple.

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