Apple's latest scare screen tactic comes less than a month after it was fined by the European Commission over breaching the Digital Markets Act.
    • hitmyspot@aussie.zone
      323·
      18 days ago

      For the most part, they work well and are easy. Perfect for tech illiterate people. The problem is they keep you tech illiterate rather than teaching you how to better use technology. Do it apples way, and pay for the privelege, or you can’t do it at all.

      • paperBark@slrpnk.netEnglish
        18·
        18 days ago

        The problem is they keep you tech illiterate rather than teaching you how to better use technology.

        Well put IMO

      • CthuluVoIP@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        14 days ago

        More accurately, perfect for people who don’t care to tweak, fiddle, or configure their devices. Being literate with technology doesn’t immediately mean that someone wants a device that offers them the flexibility to customize it. I don’t use an iPhone because I don’t understand technology, but rather because I prefer a device that doesn’t require any effort to use. Yes, it’s limited in some of the things it can do as a result, but the ecosystem is so seamless and free of troubleshooting that it’s valuable for me to not have to do any work outside of work.

        • hitmyspot@aussie.zone
          1·
          14 days ago

          Sure, but you can’t use it to download torrents for instance. Or until the eu forced it, use a different browser. The limitations have an effect on the openness of the internet as much as they do for user ease of use.

          I don’t know if you’ve tried any other phone in the last decade but there is not more troubleshooting on an android device than an iPhone. I have an iPad. I constantly find it more frustrating, than easy to use.

    • Mike@lemm.ee
      20·
      17 days ago

      “Why hello, consumer. Trying to get in harm’s way by making decisions by yourself again? You silly goose. Let’s get you back on track.”

      I cannot shake the feeling the Finder icon has the most condescending demeanor ever seen in software, even more so than Microsoft’s Clippy.

  • huppakee@lemm.ee
    28·
    18 days ago

    In Dutch we have this saying that if you don’t want to listen, you have to feel. Not sure if that’s also a thing in English but EU is definitely not gonna be ok with this.

    • GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip
      19·
      18 days ago

      In germany we have the same saying, “Wer nicht hören will muss fühlen”.

      It’s so much fun to discover that so many languages share so many phrases everwhere

      • huppakee@lemm.ee
        11·
        18 days ago

        Yeah it comes down to the same end result, what I like about ‘our’ saying in this case is that it implies you’ve been warned and should by now know better.

  • 9point6@lemmy.world
    25·
    18 days ago

    Hey Apple, wanna find out what happens if you’re a pissy little knob like this?

    More regulation

  • Rose@slrpnk.net
    5·
    17 days ago

    This definitely gives me “our payment system is the only secure system there is, and you know it’s true, because we say so” vibes.

    This is exactly the sort of FUD language Microsoft used to use everywhere before they got slapped with the antitrust suit.