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You may be surprised to learn that the overwhelming majority of people, and thus the overwhelming majority of Apple customers, have precisely zero interest in a
by qeternity 3y ago
You may be surprised to learn that the overwhelming majority of people, and thus the overwhelming majority of Apple customers, have precisely zero interest in any of these things. Part of the value proposition Apple offers is that they will work to keep your device secure and free of malware. That inherently means restrictions around code execution.
This is simply the tyranny of the minority.
- michaelcampbell 3y ago> You may be surprised to learn that the overwhelming majority of people, and thus the overwhelming majority of Apple customers, have precisely zero interest in any of these things. Why would you think someone who knows about the (evidently) minutae of what Android advantages over Apple are would be surprised at that?
- qeternity 3y agoI was connecting your original comment to your reply: > Apple is doing everything they possibly can to suck every single penny out of it, at huge economic burden The advantages you list, which are supposedly creating huge economic burden, are actually the very reasons that Apple is a huge economic success both for itself and its customers. Many people have decided they get more value by not having these things. And people like you who do want these things have great alternatives . This is the definition of functional market and is how economic value is created. EDIT: sorry, thought it was COGlory who replied. The rationale is the same.
- michaelcampbell 3y agoMy question stands; why would you think this surprises him? My point is yes, he likely knows this, as does everyone cares.
- bambax 3y ago> Part of the value proposition Apple offers is that they will work to keep your device secure and free of malware This is pure marketing talk, and something I'm not sure people actually ask for. People have been buying PCs forever, where you can install anything you want without permission from anyone. While I have other machines, I still run Windows 7 on my main PC, often install random freeware on it and guess what? It's not just that the world doesn't end -- nothing happens. The main purpose of this endless talk about "security" is to scare people into compliance.
- qeternity 3y agoYou are in the top 0.01% of computer users. I simply don't think you understand the average user. It's not marketing talk. My mom is terrified of clicking on the wrong thing on her PC. She doesn't know what she can trust. Ads masquerading as official Windows notifications, etc. She is totally comfortable browsing and installing from the app store. It's really almost like HN has learned nothing since the infamous Dropbox comment.
- smoldesu 3y agoIs your mom also terrified of the phone, because Apple can't supervise every call? Does she get cagey about opening Safari because there's nobody checking every website for scams? The iPhone is already dangerously capable, Apple can't have their cake and eat it too.
- qeternity 3y agoShe only accepts calls from people she knows. And she hardly uses Safari since she has apps for everything. Some of you have incredible confidence to be shouting at hundreds of millions or billions of people and telling them they are wrong. You. Are. The. Minority. Expand your mind.
- smoldesu 3y agoMy response was wholly based on my own observations. My mom sends me stuff from online all the time, I've watched family members and friends install emulators and YouTube alternatives like it was riding a bike. I'm very sorry if your social circle has forgotten how to do these things. The only person I've ever known who exclusively used Apple-native apps was my ex-boyfriend who wrote Mac software. I've never known anyone else who refused websites or calls on the basis that Apple doesn't review it - I think that mindset is far in the minority.