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Originally Posted by Aleron Ives
I was specifically referring to the idea of, "I don't like X, therefore X should not be allowed to exist." That is an extremely low bar, and the standard must be set higher than that. If you want to come up with a more specific rule about what it is in Apple's business model that is wrong and how it must be changed, then we can discuss such a thing, but I'm not prepared to say that just because I disagree with Apple's business practices that my disapproval a suitable basis for me to say the government must compel Apple to change.
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It would be more like "we, the majority of society, don't like this (because we believe it's bad for our society, e.g, it results in needless economic and environmental waste and harms consumer rights) and so we'll make laws against it."
One way that may happen is by some small group in that society making the case and putting it before the rest of the society to see if they can muster the needed support.
That's what I think this open letter represents, not "I don't like it so you shouldn't have it." In fact, I just recently made another post here specifically criticizing that kind of tyrannical attitude. I don't think this is that.