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Perhaps, it still doesn’t make Tim’s claim false. Surely they can patch the vulnerability. The point is, the world is pushed back into prodigy land of closed s
by 3327 7y ago
Perhaps, it still doesn’t make Tim’s claim false. Surely they can patch the vulnerability.
The point is, the world is pushed back into prodigy land of closed systems. Sure, it was completely wild west during the period when everything was open and that, the current state is defacto consolidation... however, innovation has its limits once kept in a sand box.
From an ecosystem perspective, there are ways in which, closed systems and open world can exist.
Google and apple have for better or worse decent ecosystems, but, have they not stiffled competition in subtle yet effective ways for years?
- scarface74 7y agoThe fact that they can patch their security vulnerability is poor consolidation for someone who gets hack. People don’t understand how the Wild West where every program you install has full access to your computer and the consequences of it - adware, toolbarware, viruses, ransomware, etc makes people a lot less likely to install software. And again we have two ecosystems - one where you can sideload and one you can’t. Where are all of the innovative apps that are only on Android?
- leereeves 7y agoAndroid makes sideloading difficult and scary enough that it's not really an option for the majority of users. Hence this article, and the lack of sideloaded apps.
- scarface74 7y agoIt should be scary and the Fortnite vulnerability is a perfect example.
- Wowfunhappy 7y ago> Where are all of the innovative apps that are only on Android? Because I'm on iOS, I can't reply to notifications from my Pebble smartwatch. If I was on Android, I'd be able to do that, because of the lack of Apple restrictions.