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Are you actually arguing that giving less freedom to the consumer is for their own good? Am I just missing the sarcasm maybe?

• candiodari 8y ago
  Lots of Apple users feel like the app store gives them a pretty strong case this is mostly true. I kind of agree with them, actually.
  • g-b-r 8y ago
    For both Apple and Google's phones it wouldn't be hard to allow users to securely add keys of other stores or indivual software makers without requiring one to root his phone (aka destroy the security). You'd just have to give several huge, clear warnings of what that means before allowing it. And, by the way, security? Come on, if they really cared about the security/privacy of their users the permissions' systems would not be made of those huge blankets that are more like websites' cookie banners than real useable security controls.
• TeMPOraL 8y ago
  That's pretty much the entire argument behind security, in computers or otherwise. Security features reduce yout ability to do what you want on your device. (And it's not just an abstract "what if I want to shoot my own foot off" issue. Consider e.g. sandboxing, which by its very nature kills interoperability. In a non-sandboxed environment, you can write code that forces two applications to interoperate, whether their authors like it or not. In a sandboxed environment, you're limited to what vendors allow you.)