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You might think its the hardware Apple keeps a tight grip on, but it is actually their reputation and brand. The Apple logo doesn't disappear when you buy it. A
by enos_feedler 5y ago
You might think its the hardware Apple keeps a tight grip on, but it is actually their reputation and brand. The Apple logo doesn't disappear when you buy it. And your ability to talk about it or have other people observing people complaining about virii etc and associate that with their "Apple Phone" doesn't go away once you decide to purchase the iPhone. So in some sense, Apple still does own something and deserve to make decisions to protect their business and brand. A classic response here is: if you don't like it go somewhere else. There are other phones where companies don't care so much and therefore don't hold such a tight grip.
- vorpalhex 5y agoIf you don't like the tires Ford sells, you shouldn't drive a Ford. You can always buy a Toyota. See how ridiculous that sounds?
- enos_feedler 5y agonope. What exactly are the "tires" in the iPhone analogy here? I would consider tires to be more like bluetooth headphones, which are entirely replaceable on the phone.
- can16358p 5y agoThis! I see many people blaming Apple's stance (surely Apple has LOTS to blame, but not this one) on App Store/walled garden policy, but without it the whole ecosystem would turn to a mess. Not for the geeky audience of HN Here, but for the rest 99.99% of the world which probably matters more from a brand awareness perspective.
- keleftheriou 5y agoTurn to a mess how exactly? Can you elaborate your concern?
- can16358p 5y agoBecome something like Android. I'm not talking about someone who knows what they are doing like the audience here. I'm talking about the regular people installing all the crapware onto their devices without knowing what they are doing.
- anfilt 5y agoA companies brand image does not give them the right to effectively infringe/diminish property rights of people who now own the hardware.
- enos_feedler 5y agothey never did anything to your hardware after you bought it. You bought it that way.
- keleftheriou 5y agoOn the “virii” concern: Sideloading doesn’t imply that app isolation (sandboxing) is also going away, nor does it imply that any app would ever be able to trick the user into running it with escalated privileges (sudo/root) as is the case on most computers. We’re not talking about going back to the old Windows security model where you were always one wrong click away from damaging other apps or the OS, or having your data stolen.