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That's just the tip of the iceberg https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/mar/11/my-kids-spent-600-on-their-ipads-without-my-knowledge https://www.theguardian.

• badsectoracula 6y ago
  Uh, that is about iPad, so Apple's walled garden didn't help. And kids shouldn't be able to buy things with their parents' cards, which is something completely unrelated to a platform being open or not.
  • romanoderoma 6y ago
    The problem is that once you go down the streets dressed as a Batman to do justice, you'll find a villian dressed as a penguin Apple store is not more secure because it's a walled garden, people will always find other ways to scam other people Apple could just make sideload possible declining responsibility It doesn't sound very hard to me, for a company like Apple which employ some of the best talents in the World
    • badsectoracula 6y ago
      Right but i do not think it is really about Apple having responsibility - it is about Apple being in control. For example, see how Apple is in total control on when iOS devices are obsolete by requiring some minimum version. You can't keep your device usable and useful by installing a program that supports it from another source, you can only install it from Apple and Apple's requirements limit the iOS versions you can target.