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why should everyone else obide by that level of strictness of control and limitations, particularly ones that are brought upon by people who can't really use th
by pxoe 3y ago
why should everyone else obide by that level of strictness of control and limitations, particularly ones that are brought upon by people who can't really use their phone well? put it in a parental control mode, have that limit functionality, instead of being like 'well...people who can't use their phones, wouldn't be able to use those features - so they need to go'.
there should be a way to make a phone secure (including via optionally disabling features - and giving those controls to the user, instead of being at whim and will of manufacturer), without giving up that functionality for literally everybody.
and they kinda did make something like that, didn't they tout their "senior mode" thing recently? assistive access. there's the solution. so put their phone into a "more secure" assistive access mode, or parental control mode with limited apps, and leave everybody else who actually knows how to do things to their own devices.
bottom line, even without sideloading or whatever, app store still exists, as does internet, browsers, voice calls (the regular phone ones) and sms. all run a possibility of getting scammed any way. if you're so concerned, might as well opt for a dumb phone, or no phone at all.
- roenxi 3y ago> why should everyone else... They shouldn't. Everyone should buy the phone that best suits their needs. That might be an Android phone or a whatever. Windows maybe. They're all good phones. The issue is, for my family that is iPhones and people like Mr. Sweeney are trying to wheedle the EU into making iPhones worse for iPhone buyers. We don't need regulators trying to help by making iPhones worse. If you don't like what iPhones do, don't buy one. I think literally every manufacturer in the phone market has figured out how to make a great phone that looks and acts like an iPhone with minor differences.
- pxoe 3y agoand iphone isn't that phone. with app store and browser app access, it wouldn't suit needs of somebody who might get "hacked" or scammed or just believe things and press a wrong button. not in its regular state anyway, not without parental controls or accessibility mode. not letting sideloading in doesn't mean that app store doesn't have its scammy apps with in-app purchases and whatever, and not allowing pwas doesn't mean that those exact same web apps aren't available via safari as a website. if those are the kinds of things, installing apps and going to websites, things that are very much available on a regular iphone, that are being deemed unsafe for somebody, an iphone is not a good fit for them.
- smoldesu 3y agoNot to mention, malware like Pegasus has proven that you can use Apple's default software as a malware delivery mechanism. Anyone that configures iMessage to working condition was vulnerable to their attack, not just sideloaders or browser modders.
- mmcnl 3y agoThat is because Apple is abusing the power they have as a gatekeeper. That's the problem with centralized power: shift all power to one central place and suddenly the power gets abused.