> This is a weird and naively idealistic statement. On what platform has this now, or ever been true? Any computer I grew up with C64, Amiga, Atari, PC) was li

> This is a weird and naively idealistic statement. On what platform has this now, or ever been true? Any computer I grew up with C64, Amiga, Atari, PC) was like this. My friends and I swapped floppy disks with stuff we made. Code, images, music. Then came dial-up mailboxes, then the web. > It seems like iOS is at least as close to this ideal if not better than any other platform. iOS is probably farthest away from this, actually. Even on Android I can share some experiment with my friends and they can, after changing a single setting on their phone, install the APK I give them. Try this on iOS ...