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Wat? No. I'd buy another phone. There's plenty of choices.

• shawnz 5y ago
  It will be inconvenient and even impossible to migrate some things (for example contacts, iMessage history, app data). Espcially consider how difficult it would be for a novice user to migrate. And what are those other choices? Presumably you are not considering Android devices.
  • simondotau 5y ago
    It's not Apple's fault if Android devices aren't suitable alternatives.
    • shawnz 5y ago
      Of course not. But the limited selection of alternatives certainly adds to the pain of switching platforms. Therefore it's not so simple to "just buy another phone".
      • simondotau 5y ago
        I wholeheartedly agree with that. I just find it difficult to blame Apple when the accusation is that the competition sucks.
        • shawnz 5y ago
          That's not the accusation. The accusation is that disallowing sideloading and forcing all customers to observe a single philosophy is especially big of a risk to the user considering that there's little competition. The fix isn't for Apple to create better competition, it's to allow sideloading. I am not saying it's their "fault" for having a lack of competition, that is just a reality of the market they are in.