It's a bit like the electricity or water, at some point tech gets integrated into a functioning society and creates serious social problems when those are not available/working in malicious ways and as a result governments create regulations around it to prevent abuse.
It would suck if your electricity provider one day decides that you will need to change all your electronics because they are switching to another frequency and offering you a package for the switch that costs just below the cost of moving away or building alternative sources. It would also suck if for example your telefon company stops connecting your calls upon the payment of your employer who suspects that you might be looking for another job and taking interviews.
So, no one has to create a telephone company or an electricity company as if they are charity, it's just that if they want to do it, they need to do it within the ruleset of the regulator.
How does this relate to my original comment about apple being anti-poor? My question was: why should apple be pro-poor? There are other manufacturers. I think I see now why I was flagged, people understood me wrong. My point was: apple is higher-tier smartphone tech, so it doesn't have to attend to "poor people" (to be defined). Other manufacturers happily do. So the original argument doesn't make any sense.
My guess is that you framing this as forced charity and dismissing the these devices as a "human right" may have an annoyed people. That would have brought the downvotes , but the flagging is probably because of your tone.
Anyway, These regulations are not about Apple. They are about fixing market dynamics issues to protect customers and other businesses. That’s why they target by market share.
Yeah might be. I was only referring to the comment from the top about apple being "anti-poor" when there are other, more affordable options. But too late to recover from that haha.
I agree about tackling market dynamics though. Anti-competitive behaviour is a shitty thing independent of economic standing.
There is a right to be a fully participating member of society, and right now you pretty much have to own/use some sort of smartphone for that. An old IPhone is not high-class anymore but might still be usable.
