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Are you able to build your own programs on the dishwasher? On the vacuum cleaner? Is your car's ECU readily programmable? Because the way I see it and the way

Are you able to build your own programs on the dishwasher? On the vacuum cleaner? Is your car's ECU readily programmable? Because the way I see it and the way Apple markets the iDevices, they're not general computing devices. They're not computers in the Wozniak, IBM, Stallman, Torvalds sense. They're not DIY devices. The DIY tinkerer friendly computers exist and are sold as of today with various levels of DIY-ness -- and their user friendliness and security often suck because of their very nature. It's literally because of the openness and customizability that the Linux desktop experience sucks HARD for any kind of non-programmer professional usage. (And before you hit that reply button, i KNOW that YOUR i3 no-mouse vim emacs org-mode Arch setup works just fine. I'm not talking about you.) It's because of it, that your parents and grandparents' Windows boxes get viruses, because Windows apps regularly ship 200kB custom "installers" that download everything and spawn per-app daemons that handle software updates and everything is permitted and nothing makes sense. It's because of it, that sw piracy is rampant on Android, that the Google Play is full of shitty iOS app clones, fakes and outright malware, that end users can buy Android devices that are outdated on their launch day, that are full of LONG KNOWN vulnerabilities that the manufacturer doesn't give a shit about. And what you're saying is you want the manufacturer (Apple) introduce new, insecure functionality (app sideloading) into an appliance (iDevice) that was never supposed to have said functionality, because the appliance reminds you somehow of a general purpose computing device, despite the fact that neither Apple nor the (overwhelming) majority of the users consider it to be one.

thekyle 6y ago
> Are you able to build your own programs on the dishwasher? On the vacuum cleaner? Is your car's ECU readily programmable? I sure hope so. You should be able to do whatever you want with your own property. > It's because of it, that sw piracy is rampant on Android I don't see how Android app piracy is bad for consumers. If anything it seems to be a selling point to many in low income regions. > Google Play is full of shitty iOS app clones, fakes and outright malware Yes indeed. Just goes to show that walled gardens are not necessarily an effective strategy for stopping malware. The Apple App Store has had it's own fair share of malware also. > Android devices that are outdated on their launch day Because makers of appliances (such as those you mentioned in the beginning) are well know to always provide software updates with the latest security patches for many years (No, they aren't).
Nullabillity 6y ago
> Are you able to build your own programs on the dishwasher? On the vacuum cleaner? Is your car's ECU readily programmable? My dishwasher wasn't marketed as a platform for third-party wash cycles, the way iOS is. But I don't see how a customizable dishwasher wouldn't be strictly better than what we have at the moment. On the other hand, my dishwasher doesn't try to limit the brand of soap that I use.

thekyle 6y ago

> Are you able to build your own programs on the dishwasher? On the vacuum cleaner? Is your car's ECU readily programmable? I sure hope so. You should be able to do whatever you want with your own property. > It's because of it, that sw piracy is rampant on Android I don't see how Android app piracy is bad for consumers. If anything it seems to be a selling point to many in low income regions. > Google Play is full of shitty iOS app clones, fakes and outright malware Yes indeed. Just goes to show that walled gardens are not necessarily an effective strategy for stopping malware. The Apple App Store has had it's own fair share of malware also. > Android devices that are outdated on their launch day Because makers of appliances (such as those you mentioned in the beginning) are well know to always provide software updates with the latest security patches for many years (No, they aren't).

Nullabillity 6y ago

> Are you able to build your own programs on the dishwasher? On the vacuum cleaner? Is your car's ECU readily programmable? My dishwasher wasn't marketed as a platform for third-party wash cycles, the way iOS is. But I don't see how a customizable dishwasher wouldn't be strictly better than what we have at the moment. On the other hand, my dishwasher doesn't try to limit the brand of soap that I use.