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You’re opposed to choice because..?
by lwansbrough 6y ago
You’re opposed to choice because..?
- zepto 6y agoIt wastes a huge amount of time when most of the choices are bad.
- lern_too_spel 6y agoThere are certain hypothetical cases where that is true. In this case, most of the choices are better than the app people are required to use today.
- zepto 6y agoAre they? Chrome is slower and sends more telemetry to Google. Firefox is more trustworthy, but also slower. I accept that there better options for many people than Apple Mail.
- lwansbrough 6y agoChoice does not necessitate an up-front decision to be made by the user. It simply means, at some point, I can choose an alternative. Safari fuckin’ sucks and I am forced to use it to have access to certain features on iOS - like webcam - which is bullshit.
- lern_too_spel 6y agoYes, Safari is far behind the other browsers in standards support, and at this point of being so far behind for so long, we can say that it will always be so just to kneecap the web as an alternative to the app store.
- zepto 6y agoI don’t think that’s a sound argument. iOS is behind android in terms of features, the top comment on the ios14 post points out that ‘it’s all just catchup to Android’. Clearly Apple isn’t trying to kneecap iOS as an alternative to Android, so why would be conclude that they are doing this with Safari? Their strategy has never been about rushing.
- lern_too_spel 6y ago> why would be conclude that they are doing this with Safari? Marketing a device as private or secure gets customers who don't verify the claims. Marketing a device like a luxury fashion item gets customers. Marketing a device as having a browser that supports PWAs does not. Once it has the buyers, it's better for Apple's bottom line to milk them by blocking out competition for the App Store.
- zepto 6y agoThis is your way of thinking. But there is no evidence that it is Apple’s.
- lern_too_spel 6y agoThe evidence is that they're so far behind the other browsers and have been for years, despite consistent demands from developers. What other explanation is there for it? They certainly have the resources to implement these features.