Lee Duna to [email protected]English • 1 year agoApple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims it's like 16GB on a PCwww.theregister.commessage-square116fedilinkarrow-up1281
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minus-squareChemical WonkalinkfedilinkEnglish15•1 year agoJust an example: If Apple simply wants to turn your iPhone into a brick, it can do that and there is no one who can reverse it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•edit-21 year agoUm. No they can’t. The class action lawyers would have a field day with that.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 year agoThey already do so with apps. If Apple deems the app too old, then it won’t be compatible and is as useful as a brick.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoYou know I have software on my PC old enough I can’t run it even in compatibility mode, I’d need to spin up a VM to run it or a pseudoVM like DOSBox, it’s not unheard of it’s not even uncommon.
minus-squareChemical WonkalinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agothey have the power to do it, is what I’m saying
Just an example: If Apple simply wants to turn your iPhone into a brick, it can do that and there is no one who can reverse it.
Um. No they can’t. The class action lawyers would have a field day with that.
They already do so with apps.
If Apple deems the app too old, then it won’t be compatible and is as useful as a brick.
You know I have software on my PC old enough I can’t run it even in compatibility mode, I’d need to spin up a VM to run it or a pseudoVM like DOSBox, it’s not unheard of it’s not even uncommon.
they have the power to do it, is what I’m saying