Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoSupreme Court declines to hear Apple-Epic antitrust case, meaning developers can point customers to the webtechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1197arrow-down15
arrow-up1192arrow-down1external-linkSupreme Court declines to hear Apple-Epic antitrust case, meaning developers can point customers to the webtechcrunch.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49arrow-down4·8 months agoIt’s the customers phone, the customer’s rules. The customer paid. Epic* doesn’t have to. The customers aren’t products.
minus-squareRoss_audio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·edit-28 months ago“The customers aren’t products” is genuinely a decent mantra. If a company makes you the product avoid it or at least know the value they’re getting. If you get something free, your data and attention is often the price. If you pay for something you should not be exploited further as a resource.
It’s the customers phone, the customer’s rules. The customer paid. Epic* doesn’t have to. The customers aren’t products.
“The customers aren’t products” is genuinely a decent mantra.
If a company makes you the product avoid it or at least know the value they’re getting.
If you get something free, your data and attention is often the price. If you pay for something you should not be exploited further as a resource.