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> The iPhone is an instruction-executing machine. That's what people buy. That's not what people buy; that's the hardware they receive as part of their purchas
by stinky613 5y ago
> The iPhone is an instruction-executing machine. That's what people buy.
That's not what people buy; that's the hardware they receive as part of their purchase.
- EMIRELADERO 5y agoUnless you are entering into a contract with a mobile career, that is the only thing you purchase. If you want to get into metaphorical lines of speech about how you buy into an ecosystem and all that, go ahead. But the legal reallity is that when buying an iPhone, you buy an iPhone, and it's yours. Same as any other standard purchase for any physical good.
- stinky613 5y agoOn yeah? So how do people run iOS apps on instruction-executing machines that weren't made by Apple?
- 0des 5y agoWith emulators https://techviral.net/run-ios-apps-on-pc/ https://techviral.net/run-ios-apps-on-pc/ https://windowsreport.com/run-ios-apps-windows-10/ https://windowsreport.com/run-ios-apps-windows-10/
- EMIRELADERO 5y agoThey can't unless those apps are vetted by Apple. And that's where the whole antitrust issue comes in.