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We need to re-evaluate what "rights" mean in a digital age. In the case of widely deployed personal computing devices, the users should have the right to instal
by passivate 5y ago
We need to re-evaluate what "rights" mean in a digital age. In the case of widely deployed personal computing devices, the users should have the right to install an application without first seeking permission from the OEM. "Apple made it so they can do anything they want. Take it or leave it" - is not an acceptable position (in my opinion).
- squiggleblaz 5y agoBut one of the selling points of iOS is precisely that they don't trust the public as much, so the system is vulnerable mostly to second party security threats. With freer desktop systems, you have the same second party threats, but also third party threats as well. People don't want to have to evaluate their threat model every time they want to try something out - and we entrust a lot more to our phones than our laptops.
- passivate 5y agoThey are willing to make privacy a choice that a user can "give up" via an OS prompt. This would be no different. >With freer desktop systems, you have the same second party threats, but also third party threats as well. Not quite. It's an option to use a third party app store/repo. > People don't want to have to evaluate their threat model every time they want to try something out - and we entrust a lot more to our phones than our laptops. People adapt. Nothing stays the same and never has. We don't need to underestimate our fellow users. I remember when my mom was unwilling to use the touchscreen on a smartphone because she would inadvertently click on some button or like some random picture on FB because she didn't know tapping was an action, etc. She's a champ now.