I think your comparison with women's right to vote is spot-on. But in most parts of the world there has been and still is progress.
But thinking about it, the US moving backward on this subject, too - a lot of people now believe it's OK to take control over someone else's body. And there are women who actually are against reproductive rights for women.
All of this feels so strange to me. Since the IBM PC the industry got a huge boost due to the PC being an open platform. Back then outside of IBM it was pretty much unimageable that anyone would say "don't open up that platform, we prefer a walled garden". But now, 40 years later, the lessons appear to be forgotten.
Maybe those who have this belief that a locked down computer platform is a good idea are young, and due to there not being computer history lessons in schools simply have not experienced those decades themselves?
I am not sure how much those groups / beliefs really overlap, but I have the feeling that those who want an almighty Apple might be the same people who want a "lean" government. Which means that they have more trust in a corporation where they don't have any say compared to a government that they can (more or less these days) elect themselves.
That again might be due to potentially missing history lessons. Maybe people simply don't know what Microsoft back then tried on dirty tricks to destroy the open source movement, and now is trying again trying to force you to use Edge, just as Apple wants to force you to use Safari. Again I would expect that people in this forum agree that it will be beneficial for humanity that there are multiple browser engines available. I mean - I guess nobody here would find it attractive to only have two different car manufacturers, who also exercise full control over what you can do with the car that you OWN.
Just to give another example: Pretty much everyone watches porn. Do they find it attractive that Apple is deciding on what on is OK and what is not? I know that people in the US are much more prudish and inhibited compared to most EU countries. But EU magazines got banned from the app store due to showing women's breasts in a medical context etc. Again I don't understand why people even trust a corporation to know better about their sexuality then themselves.
Humans are weird, and only to be enjoyed in small dosages. But I expected that people who prefer free markets, choice and empowerment of the users to be the fast majority on this forum. But that clearly is not the case.
But thinking about it, the US moving backward on this subject, too - a lot of people now believe it's OK to take control over someone else's body. And there are women who actually are against reproductive rights for women.
All of this feels so strange to me. Since the IBM PC the industry got a huge boost due to the PC being an open platform. Back then outside of IBM it was pretty much unimageable that anyone would say "don't open up that platform, we prefer a walled garden". But now, 40 years later, the lessons appear to be forgotten.
Maybe those who have this belief that a locked down computer platform is a good idea are young, and due to there not being computer history lessons in schools simply have not experienced those decades themselves?
I am not sure how much those groups / beliefs really overlap, but I have the feeling that those who want an almighty Apple might be the same people who want a "lean" government. Which means that they have more trust in a corporation where they don't have any say compared to a government that they can (more or less these days) elect themselves.
That again might be due to potentially missing history lessons. Maybe people simply don't know what Microsoft back then tried on dirty tricks to destroy the open source movement, and now is trying again trying to force you to use Edge, just as Apple wants to force you to use Safari. Again I would expect that people in this forum agree that it will be beneficial for humanity that there are multiple browser engines available. I mean - I guess nobody here would find it attractive to only have two different car manufacturers, who also exercise full control over what you can do with the car that you OWN.
Just to give another example: Pretty much everyone watches porn. Do they find it attractive that Apple is deciding on what on is OK and what is not? I know that people in the US are much more prudish and inhibited compared to most EU countries. But EU magazines got banned from the app store due to showing women's breasts in a medical context etc. Again I don't understand why people even trust a corporation to know better about their sexuality then themselves.
Humans are weird, and only to be enjoyed in small dosages. But I expected that people who prefer free markets, choice and empowerment of the users to be the fast majority on this forum. But that clearly is not the case.
Weird.