retiolus to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agoWhy do all these companies developing privatised software use the word "Open"? Real question.message-square63fedilinkarrow-up1382arrow-down18file-text
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minus-square@3arn0wl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoSurely the idea of open or free is always going to play better than closed, locked down and proprietary…? idk
minus-square@Player2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoHey, people view something as locked down and proprietary as the Apple ecosystem as a good thing, so not really sure about that.
minus-squareTroylinkfedilinkEnglish3•9 months agoThey just use different language. Vetted. Secure. Walled garden. And suddenly people are okay with it.
minus-square@3arn0wl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoIt’s hard to know for sure why people opt for Apple products… It could be any number of things.
Surely the idea of open or free is always going to play better than closed, locked down and proprietary…? idk
Hey, people view something as locked down and proprietary as the Apple ecosystem as a good thing, so not really sure about that.
They just use different language. Vetted. Secure. Walled garden. And suddenly people are okay with it.
It’s hard to know for sure why people opt for Apple products… It could be any number of things.