Apple Complains About FCC's Hearing Aid Push
To paraphrase...
FCC: "Let's make it possible for people with hearing problems to have the same phones as people without these problems. You know, equality of opportunity."
Apple: "How dare you require us to make our products properly available to everyone. We want to only have our specific types of (likely overpriced) hearing aid which locks people into our ecosystem or massively inconveniences them."
I mean come on. I'm sure they'd complain just as bitterly if they were required to have compatible chargers or other accessory connectors, that are part of a standard that the rest of the world has moved to - after all, that would make it easier for people to swap phones out and not get stuck in their locked-down ecosystem.
Apple, grow up and realize ...
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Apple: "How dare you require us to make our products properly available to everyone. We want to only have our specific types of (likely overpriced) hearing aid which locks people into our ecosystem or massively inconveniences them."
I mean come on. I'm sure they'd complain just as bitterly if they were required to have compatible chargers or other accessory connectors, that are part of a standard that the rest of the world has moved to - after all, that would make it easier for people to swap phones out and not get stuck in their locked-down ecosystem.
Apple, grow up and realize ...
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I'm sure your the same consumer who will complain when prices go up because the phone you want is required to have all sorts of features that you and the vast, vast majority of the population don't need/wont use.
I supposed we should also crack down on those stores that specialize in left handed products. I mean, we should force it so all people can use every product out there, not discriminate on people who are differently handed. You know, equality of opportunity.
Or wait, the leftest mindset is it's ok to make something targeted at a specific minority group, but you better not make something that will only work for 98% of people out there. Cause when you make something for a small select group your being inclusive and compassiona...
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I supposed we should also crack down on those stores that specialize in left handed products. I mean, we should force it so all people can use every product out there, not discriminate on people who are differently handed. You know, equality of opportunity.
Or wait, the leftest mindset is it's ok to make something targeted at a specific minority group, but you better not make something that will only work for 98% of people out there. Cause when you make something for a small select group your being inclusive and compassiona...
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