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This is common FUD for Android, but i have non-technical family members and all of them use Android devices (because they were cheaper). I never had any of them

This is common FUD for Android, but i have non-technical family members and all of them use Android devices (because they were cheaper). I never had any of them complain about issues with their phones and Android doesn't exactly let you download stuff out of the box, you have to explicitly enable it and it pops up a scary warning whenever you do so. Yes, people can ignore that warning, but considering it is there and considering all the steps they have to make, at that point it is up to personal responsibility, not making the entire society worse to avoid telling non-technical people that they screwed up.

braythwayt 6y ago
Speaking of FUD, come now. Me choosing to buy an Apple or recommend Apple to my family doesn't "make the entire society worse."
- badsectoracula 6y ago
  No, buying an Apple device doesn't make the entire society worse, however supporting devices that take away control from their users does make the entire society worse. After all that control doesn't disappear, it just moves to someone else's hands - and guess who has no say whose hands those will be.
  - braythwayt 6y ago
    I empathize with you. Certain products have network effects, and therefore, if you personally prefer product G to product A for whatever reason, the more people go with G instead of A, the more value you obtain. As a result, people often have a lot of incentive to try to get other people to make the same choices they make. This explains a lot of the jousting over frameworks: The more people use the framework you use, the more bug fixes, the more talent you can hire, the more courses, books, and blog posts you can depend upon, &c. Without agreeing with you that society as a whole is better off without Apple selling me a locked down device, I can certainly empathize with your desire for fewer people to make the choice I'm making.

braythwayt 6y ago

Speaking of FUD, come now. Me choosing to buy an Apple or recommend Apple to my family doesn't "make the entire society worse."

badsectoracula 6y ago
No, buying an Apple device doesn't make the entire society worse, however supporting devices that take away control from their users does make the entire society worse. After all that control doesn't disappear, it just moves to someone else's hands - and guess who has no say whose hands those will be.
- braythwayt 6y ago
  I empathize with you. Certain products have network effects, and therefore, if you personally prefer product G to product A for whatever reason, the more people go with G instead of A, the more value you obtain. As a result, people often have a lot of incentive to try to get other people to make the same choices they make. This explains a lot of the jousting over frameworks: The more people use the framework you use, the more bug fixes, the more talent you can hire, the more courses, books, and blog posts you can depend upon, &c. Without agreeing with you that society as a whole is better off without Apple selling me a locked down device, I can certainly empathize with your desire for fewer people to make the choice I'm making.