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Any user that wants to could continue using Apple's curated store and apps, regardless of anyone else sideloading... just like the average Android user. That h

Any user that wants to could continue using Apple's curated store and apps, regardless of anyone else sideloading... just like the average Android user. That has nothing to do with them going out of their way to make it impossible to sideload anything. Apple preventing me from installing a social network by some group people don't like is akin to Ford not letting my car drive to a store owned by people they don't like. Do you think I should have to find a different car manufacturer to drive where I want?

skygazer 6y ago
The iPhone is more like a train than a car. Off-tracking, let alone off-roading, is technically prevented. It’s sort of a buyer-beware situation. I get that you’re unhappy with their chosen business model, design decisions and implementation. The natural remedy in a capitalist system is to choose an alternate product from a different manufacturer. You’re free to petition them of course, but the decision remains theirs. Or maybe you can petition the creation of laws to outlaw their business model. But of your three options, the first seems most expedient and reliable.