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This comment makes it seem like Apple's anticompetitive stance on sideloading is a basic force of nature instead of something dreamed up by control freak hippie
by sneak 3y ago
This comment makes it seem like Apple's anticompetitive stance on sideloading is a basic force of nature instead of something dreamed up by control freak hippies and implemented deliberately in code.
The problem is iOS's privacy-hostile design (in service of their locked down revenue model), not some unbreakable iron triangle.
On Android, messaging apps can run in the background and periodically talk to their homeserver without an intermediary.
- brokenmachine 3y agoAgree 100% about Apple being anti-consumer, but the Android thing is not quite that simple. Background tasks on Android can pretty much be killed at any time. I believe only apps with a persistent notification and the native google notification service can remain active at all times. But yes, they can connect to any server while they are running.