• elfpie@beehaw.org
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    18 hours ago

    Headphone manufacturers need access to system functionalities such as proximity auto-pairing and automatic audio switching.

    If Apple were a restaurant, they wouldn’t provide tableware for free and would charge you for bringing your own while tying one of your hands behind your back.

    Hey, as long as the competition is reasonable, you can be as unreasonable as you want and say the customer has options. Curious they never say their customers appreciate what they do as a defense.

  • themurphy@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    The company argued that it is being unfairly targeted by the DMA, letting others “freely leech off of it” - a bold claim from a company that locks down basic features, charges for what others offer for free, and blocks third-party innovations unless it gets a cut.

    Based.