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Both developers and Aunt Ethel's of the world have been able to install anything they wanted on all three PC platforms since their inception, yet the world keep
by aranelsurion 5y ago
Both developers and Aunt Ethel's of the world have been able to install anything they wanted on all three PC platforms since their inception, yet the world keeps spinning.
Locking people out of choices to protect some supposed interest is paternalistic, especially considering Apple already has a horse in the race (its fat %30 cut) and has almost no incentive to consider what is right for the consumer. If you don't want the government have a say on content you consume (like, Apple and porn/erotica), decisions you make and products you buy, why would you let Apple do those things?
Either way, simple act of allowing users to unlock their devices does not immediately mean Aunt Ethel would care to do that. In another topic here it was recently discussed that a large potion of users likely don't even open Settings app, and even the most enthusiastic aunts will likely be happy with a few trustworthy stores like, say Steam and Kindle, and that'd be all.
btw,
> ignore warnings about an unsigned app and install it anyway
that sounds like a policy/enforcement failure to me.