>>24095
>This law didn't come out of nowhere, Apple had been doing this shit for years, consumers asked to be allowed to use their hardware as they wanted.
This is where the problems begin. If these people actually
DID want to use hardware that would allow them to use it the way they wanted, then they wouldn't have bought a fucking iPhone in the first place.
Though technically you can still softmod the fucking thing, but no one actually cares.
>Google probably had been wanting to copy Apple for years too
I thought it was Samsung and Micro$haft people constantly accused of ripping off Crapple.
>the only reason they didn't do it before is because if a law came out that forced them to reverse such asinine decision they wouldn't look as the "good guys" anymore
You also forget that companies used to at least put in some effort to provide an attempt of there being competition in the market. Like the few times M$ tried to make a "Windows Phone" during the 2010's.
>and frankly, our politicians are both so stupid and so evil that it's hard to guess which was their motivation here.
Their motivation is to bog down the market with even more regulations in order to stifle any one who dares to enter the market. Think of the EU law making it a requirement that "all electronic devices"
MUST use a USB-C cable. Never mind that there's over 20 different "types" of USB-C cables that all do different things and are not cross-compatible,
AND that it prevents people from ever having any reason to ever develop a better cable for data transfer or charging or any other purpose.