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That assumes that side-loading is the only feature you care about. I care about a lot of other things besides that, and I decided I will be switching platforms
by selfhoster11 5y ago
That assumes that side-loading is the only feature you care about. I care about a lot of other things besides that, and I decided I will be switching platforms because of that.
- ericmay 5y agoOk great! I think this is exactly how things should work. Apple doesn't provide this "feature" in place of other features that it does provide (Apple Pay, sign-in with Apple, etc.). Similarly I could buy a phone that is GoogleFi enabled if that was important to me. I could buy a phone with the most megapixels, or that folds. Each of these devices makes trade-offs that I don't like, so I buy the product with the feature mix that I want the most. If side-loading is the only feature you care about, Android is for you. If it's one of many, you may have to make a trade off or pick between different mixes of features. This is just how the world works and always will work.
- selfhoster11 5y agoRight now we have a duopoly of mobile platforms, and both of them are hostile to hackers and power users. If the only options are a bad option (Apple) and a somehow even worse option (the latter being Android), that is not a market showing signs of healthy competition. Let's not pretend that power users have a champion here. They don't, and they haven't had one for a long time.
- ericmay 5y agoI don't think I care if hackers or power users have a champion mobile platform. Not all get to have a market specifically for them.