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> I well remember the state of Windows during Win 98 and XP where most had no idea what they were downloading, and it seemed every machine had malware, hidden p
by realusername 8y ago
> I well remember the state of Windows during Win 98 and XP where most had no idea what they were downloading, and it seemed every machine had malware, hidden pop ups and 37 IE toolbars. I was constantly asked to clean up friend's machines from the damage done by Kazaa and its associated garbage or some other drive-by crap.
I still prefer that personally than the crippled smartphones.
- sjwright 8y agoThat's fantastic. Some people agree with your views and there are products and software distributions in the market to satisfy them. Some people prefer the way Apple does things. Everyone's preferences are being catered for, and that is wonderful.
- realusername 8y agothe crippled smartphones won the war, there's no real "usable" product for my preferences unfortunately :/.
- wilsonnb3 8y agoCan you not install whatever app you want on an Android phone, as long as you enable sideloading in the settings?
- realusername 8y agoI don't really want an app system, I would like a linux-like alternative where I can do a script to cat /dev/gps0 for example to record my location, or just ssh into my phone. I don't like at all the way Android is done.