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I don't want to manage my iPhone like I do a Linux server. But I would like the ability to sign up for Netflix or other streaming services when I first launch t
by sylens 4y ago
I don't want to manage my iPhone like I do a Linux server. But I would like the ability to sign up for Netflix or other streaming services when I first launch the app. Or, failing that, I'd like a message on that app telling me where I have to go to sign-up. I'd like to be able to buy Kindle books directly on my phone and start reading them. I'd like to use a different web browser engine at times.
All of those things have been taken out of my hands, the first two because those of ludicrous App Store rules and policies.
- smachiz 4y agoInteresting that you mention the kindle - wouldn't it also be nice to be able to buy Apple Books on your Kindle hardware? You also can't do that. You can root some Kindles and install other software, but is more or less like jailbreaking an iPhone. The issue I have with people going after Apple is that _everyone_ does this more or less. Broadly, I have the fewest complaints about the restrictions in Apple's ecosystem as a user.
- sylens 4y agoThe Kindle is not sold or marketed as a general purpose computing device with a robust third party app marketplace. That's the key difference here.
- smachiz 4y agoIt does have a robust 3rd party app marketplace... with fees. Amazon could sell books if they wanted to, they would just have to pay Apple.