Recently I saw an article saying, Japanese law forced Apple to open up browser restrictions on iOS.
But this got me thinking, why couldn’t Apple just tell them to fuck off by saying that iOS is meant to be that way cause we are the ones who designed it and the ones who own it. And if you want a change, go make your own products.
Don’t get me wrong, I hate big-tech controlling peoples lives, but aren’t these kind of laws; telling a maker to make the product in a specific way, eliminating creative freedom?
Because the government will just kick apple out of their market. Big economic blocks or rich countries get to write laws that bully monopolies because they’re the consumer of the goods. “Change the browser on your phone, or you’ll lose out on the 120 million potential consumers in the japanese market” will get anyone considering opening up the restrictions. Same for EU or US etc. If they want to they have consumer numbers to throw around
Why wouldn’t they just call the bluff? Japan needs US tech more, than the other way around.
…is that actually true, though? US tech is more software than hardware.
But wouldn’t people who use these things turn on their back on the authorities?
They’d have to get the stuff first. Any shop caught selling them would face huge fines. And if you tried to import it you might risk confiscation.