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This is probably going to become a major point of contention. There is a demonstrable security benefit to restricting applications to a subset of available APIs
by sirclueless 14y ago
This is probably going to become a major point of contention. There is a demonstrable security benefit to restricting applications to a subset of available APIs and vetting or at least signing all applications that are installed. The iOS platform is very secure because of this. Android also does well by gating its app store. But if you restrict apps in this way, you are setting up an environment where it is easy for a first party to control a de-facto monopoly.
Openness is great for competition and innovation, but it has inherent security problems. There will always be a tension here.
- fpgeek 14y agoThat's an interesting way of framing it. I generally come down on the side of openness, but it makes me wonder if something like a "right to be available absent proof of maliciousness" (with part of the hurdle being that a developer would have to demand their right to be included in some non-trivial way) would be a useful compromise.