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Inevitable result: * Sites start publishing easy how-to guides for entering GWM * One-click tools to enter GWM are released * Apps that use private APIs that
by tvon 17y ago
Inevitable result:
* Sites start publishing easy how-to guides for entering GWM
* One-click tools to enter GWM are released
* Apps that use private APIs that require GWM are released
* Apple support has to deal with customers who fucked up their devices in GWM
* Apple has to deal with bad press when some malware spreads through GWM devices
* Any new iPhone OS release would have to deal with breaking however many GWM-oriented tools there are that rely on private, changing APIs. More bad press for little reward.
* The App Store is a huge win for end-users, and the benefit of that would go out the window with alternate sources of apps sprinting up. Where do you go to get an app? Where do you get the latest version? What happens if a non-App Store app gets really popular? You're back to having to manage your phone like it's a computer, which is a non-starter. You don't manage an iPhone, you use it.
You end up with a lot of phones that look like your computer-illiterate co-workers Windows XP machine from 5 years ago. But hey, people who like to tinker with their phones would be happy, so it's totally worth it.
- nitrogen 17y agoMy final paragraph addresses this issue: there's an easy-to-use, unalterable reset switch (either software or hardware) that will restore the device to factory settings, and a clause in the service agreement that says tech support will not help you if you refuse to remove your device from geek mode. Non-app store apps getting popular hasn't been a problem on other mobile devices.