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I totally agree. And most boomers I know have iPhones and iPads. I would hate to have to start supporting my parents using a different app store. Plus, I don't

I totally agree. And most boomers I know have iPhones and iPads. I would hate to have to start supporting my parents using a different app store. Plus, I don't think the majority of iPhone customers are asking for openness.

permo-w 3y ago
then just have it off by default, changeable deep in settings? or let it be a permanent choice when you set up the device? or have a separate browser for side-loading that doesn't come pre-installed? the majority of chickens aren't asking to live free in the fields
candiodari 3y ago
On hacker news they are. Plus there are already app stores, popular ones, that work by rooting ios devices. Surely that menas there's STRONG demand for just that.
- sbuk 3y ago
  I doubt the orange site is representative.
  - dns_snek 3y ago
    The orange site might not be, but when even EU bureaucrats are aware of the problem and think it's important enough to address, you can't fall back onto Apple-esque "tiny percentage of affected users" reasoning anymore.