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Looking forward to people installing a third party browser from a third party app store, loading it up with random malware-infested plugins, and then complainin
by mullingitover 4y ago
Looking forward to people installing a third party browser from a third party app store, loading it up with random malware-infested plugins, and then complaining that iPhones are slow.
This was the thing that sank OG Firefox before Chrome came along. There was a plethora of garbage browser plugins everyone installed, and it tanked performance. Chrome wasn't that much faster than FF, but on a fresh install and without any plugins it seemed screaming fast.
- sureglymop 4y agoSerious question... why do you care about users doing that? As long as you yourself can avoid that, what's the issue? I, on the other hand want to be able to install my own applications on my phone without having to buy an apple developer license or having them signed by apple. After all it is my phone...
- mullingitover 4y agoI personally care because I think it'll make the system less secure, which is something I've been able to take for granted. iOS security wasn't perfect, but it was pretty decent and I think this is opening pandora's box. > After all it is my phone... It's not your platform, though, and writing your own apps doesn't happen in a vacuum, they work by integrating with Apple's OS that they pour oceans of money into developing and maintaining. It's not a general purpose computing device and it was never advertised as such. I get it though, it is your hardware. I think the way to go about this, since it's your hardware, is to allow users to opt to do a complete wipe of the device, get their own OS, write their own drivers, and use the hardware for whatever they wish with the understanding that they're completely on their own.