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   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2022-11-28 06:19, Michael F. Stemper wrote:   
   > On 28/11/2022 00.28, Your Name wrote:   
   >> On 2022-11-28 06:09:37 +0000, Hal Heydt said:   
   >   
   >>> Apple's fondness for the walled garden might be attractive to at   
   >>> leat some people at Disney.   
   >>   
   >> All the streaming services have a "walled garden" and refuse   
   >> point-blank to share their 'exclusive' content with *anyone* else.   
   >> It's one of the biggest stupidities there is in the industry since it   
   >> means people have to subscribe to a bazillion different services just   
   >> to watch one or two programmes on each one.  X-(   
   >   
   > You need to remember that, from the POV of the people who set up   
   > those walled gardens, that's not a bug, it's a feature.   
      
   And from the POV of a lot of people who purchase Apple's products, the   
   walled garden IS a feature.   
      
   It was the protection from wilds outside that wall that led a lot of   
   people to think that buying a smartphone or tablet could be a good idea...   
      
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