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> 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

by 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 ago
and 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 ago
  Not 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 ago
That 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.

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> 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

by roenxi 3y ago

pxoe 3y ago
and 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 ago
  Not 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 ago
That 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.