Meanwhile, in the real world, prices have only gone up, content has become more limited, and none of it has been for the benefit of consumers.

...None of those things happened because of digital media.

"Yeah guys, streaming makes it so that you don't have to download all those large files anymore. It'll be cheaper and better for consumers in the long run!"

If you want to watch something once, streaming is fine. If you want a personal collection, you should obviously never be paying for anythign that isn't stored on your own drive.

With Epic being bank-rolled by Tencent, I imagine there's a long-game to this stunt for the CCP in terms of what they want on the market (or don't want on the market).

Apple and other silicon valley giants already bend over for the CCP anyway. If anything, Apple losing control over its own app store makes the CCP less able to influence it.

One person commented that it could mean that forcing acceptance of certain kinds of software might make some platforms more susceptible to propaganda-laden content, user information access by third-party developers (or in this case, the CCP), as well as other invasive properties.

Rofl, yes, lets pray for Apple to save us from Chinese surveillance. I am sure Apple will answer our prayers.

How about I just have control over my own hardware and have the ability to install the most agressive firewall and adblock on it that I care to.

Meanwhile, in the real world, prices have only gone up, content has become more limited, and none of it has been for the benefit of consumers.

...None of those things happened because of digital media.

"Yeah guys, streaming makes it so that you don't have to download all those large files anymore. It'll be cheaper and better for consumers in the long run!"

If you want to watch something once, streaming is fine. If you want a personal collection, you should obviously never be paying for anythign that isn't stored on your own drive.

With Epic being bank-rolled by Tencent, I imagine there's a long-game to this stunt for the CCP in terms of what they want on the market (or don't want on the market).

Apple and other silicon valley giants already bend over for the CCP anyway. If anything, Apple losing control over its own app store makes the CCP less able to influence it.

One person commented that it could mean that forcing acceptance of certain kinds of software might make some platforms more susceptible to propaganda-laden content, user information access by third-party developers (or in this case, the CCP), as well as other invasive properties.

Rofl, yes, lets prey for Apple to save us from Chinese surveillance. I am sure Apple will answer our prayers.

How about I just have control over my own hardware and have the ability to install the most agressive firewall and adblock on it that I care to.