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Perfectly achievable, at the expense of being an end user nightmare. The reason I'm buying an iPhone is I don't have the time to care about how high the walls
by nemothekid 6y ago
Perfectly achievable, at the expense of being an end user nightmare.
The reason I'm buying an iPhone is I don't have the time to care about how high the walls should be and to ensure every app I use isn't abusing the SDK to suck up data. The reason I'm paying a premium for Apple is I'm choosing to trust them rather than trust every developer.
- boudin 6y agoThe day apple, microsoft or google would manage updates of a whole system as well as some linux distribution would actually be the end of many user nightmares. Unless you don't install any app, you still trust all the developers of the apps you install. Walled garden is just a nice way to name Authoritarianism applied to a platform. It might make you feel safe to have apple deciding every bits of what you can do with your phone but it does mean that: - it's secure - the apps you are using are - you still have very low control over your data. You just pay to close your eyes and feel safe.
- sjwright 6y agoThat’s true of all closed source software, not just walled gardens. Any time you don’t have the source, you’re trusting that the developer isn’t screwing you over. I’d rather trust Apple than the cumulative two dozen developers that have their software running on my phone.
- sjwright 6y agoOr to put it another way, Apple provides systems administrator services with every phone. Most medium and large businesses pay a LOT of money for systems administration to ensure that their desktops and laptops work reliably.