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> Elsewhere in this thread, people are saying that you can’t protect people from themselves… but Apple seem to be doing a good job of it Precisely my point. I
by shadowgovt 3y ago
> Elsewhere in this thread, people are saying that you can’t protect people from themselves… but Apple seem to be doing a good job of it
Precisely my point. I think there are benefits to both locked-down devices and open devices, and both are desirable. If Android is transitioning towards more constrained-by-default, (a) that's smart given it's working so well for their largest competition, and (b) it opens the field wider for the truly open-stack phones to gain users. Win-win.
- michaelmrose 3y ago> it opens the field wider for the truly open-stack phones to gain users. Win-win. Microsoft couldn't break into this market for billions of dollars. Open phones breaking in because android becomes more locked down is a complete fantasy. What do you do when oppressive governments insist that your now constrained environment implement some of their suggestions with the alternative to compliance being your local yokels go to prison and the alternative to having local yokels is that you aren't allowed to sell there?
- shadowgovt 3y agoIn the event that fantasy scenario plays out, there's no winners period; if Android complied, they'd still get to sell, and if they didn't they'd end up on the black market alongside the Pinephones. None of this category of openness matters if the government turns to oppression.