3 ms·
Have you done it? Which would you prefer, a locked-down walled-in garden, ensuring you can only run a certain piece of software if company x tells you you can;
by oneeyedpigeon 11y ago
Have you done it?
Which would you prefer, a locked-down walled-in garden, ensuring you can only run a certain piece of software if company x tells you you can; or a more open marketplace that everyone can take part in, that occasionally has bad apples?
- waspleg 11y agoNeither. I prefer a completely open non-marketplace aka PC minus Windows 10. Phones in their current iteration are the death of device freedom. Sure there are work arounds for some things but they're band-aids on bullet wounds.
- fixermark 11y agoIt's a death of device freedom that is on-track to have over 2 billion adopters this year. Sounds a lot like "device freedom" isn't a feature people actually want.
- waspleg 11y agoOnly because they don't know what it is, nor largely that it exists, nor what it means for them to not have it. Most of the big tech companies prey on ignorant users these days in the most insidious and pernicious ways for their profits - to a far greater extent than the seemingly innocent things like making a quick buck because someone doesn't know how to snap in a DIMM. EDIT: Nor any viable alternative in the same form factor.
- st3v3r 11y agoNo. The existence of marketplaces have absolutely nothing to do with device freedom.