Frank Reiff / is on Nostr

I'm Frank Reiff, #mac #indiedev since 1996. I am mostly known for A Better Finder Rename, A Better Finder Attributes (bad names that stuck), Vitamin-R & Big Mean Folder Machine.

I endlessly toot about #indiedev, #mac, #ukPolitics, #climateEmergency, #games & #scifi.

Living in Luxembourg with my wife & 2 teenagers.

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2024-03-21 20:51:02

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@npub1f7q…w93g @npub1utv…87lr @npub17pe…vcm6 Yeah.. distorting facts should be an Apple monopoly 😎.
A lot of this is fiction, but the fact that Apple puts its fingers on the scales wherever it can is hard to deny.. at least if you’ve ever done business with them. 😟
They’ve gone unchecked for so long that now they feel that they should be beyond the mere law of the land ..
What Congress should do is write a US DMA that spells out what’s okay and what isn’t.. but that would require a working congress. 🤷‍♂️

2024-03-21 19:59:55

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@npub1utv…87lr @npub17pe…vcm6 Maybe if they started governing again, they’d get better at it over time. 😀

2024-03-21 19:23:53

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@npub1utv…87lr @npub17pe…vcm6 I have not read the filling, so I have no opinion on whether existing laws were broken.
I do, however, think that Apple and Big Tech need to be regulated, because they have demonstrated that they won’t do the right thing on their own.
I am also certain that Apple breaks the law all the time in small & in big ways. They’ve been caught and fined for abusive employment tactics in the US, for various breaches in the EU, Japan, etc.. they feel they are above the law.

2024-03-21 17:48:08

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@npub1utv…87lr @npub17pe…vcm6
Apple is not killing people, but they are breaking anti-trust legislation.
Anti-trust enforcement is essential for maintaining free and open markets, the very thing that the US economic success is built on.
Monopolies like Bell were broken up in the 80s. In the intervening time, big business has found new and novel ways of reducing competition.
New regulations are needed.. and existing ones should be enforced.