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they never gave you that choice on iOS, so they never took it away, did they?

• mikeash 15y ago
  Never giving the choice in the first place is stronger, not weaker, than giving it and then taking it away.
  • kemiller 15y ago
    I disagree. Pulling access to something you've come to depend on (especially, derive your livelihood from) is worse than never fostering that dependence in the first place.
    • mikeash 15y ago
      I was aiming more at the idea that it would be out of character for Apple to completely restrict access to just certain sources of apps. If we're talking about whether Apple would take something away that people had come to rely upon, well, there's a whole long list of technologies I could list off to support the idea that they have no problem doing that....
      • kemiller 15y ago
        Not arguing that they won't do it. Just that it's worse than never allowing something.
        • mikeash 15y ago
          Well, that's why I said stronger, not worse.