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Please do tell us more about why the Photos "app" is unique and wasn't uninstallable to begin with, surely it's not a business decision made explicitly to incre
by noapologies 3y ago
Please do tell us more about why the Photos "app" is unique and wasn't uninstallable to begin with, surely it's not a business decision made explicitly to increase vendor lock-in and introduce friction to consumer choice (like the rest of the Apple suite of "apps").
- shuckles 3y agoAre you seriously asking why Apple offers its users a built-in app to view the photos taken with their phone? You'd prefer if users had to choose and install a photo management app before they could take a picture?
- noapologies 3y ago> Are you seriously asking why Apple offers its users a built-in app ... As you may have already read in my comment, I'm asking why it wasn't uninstallable to begin with.
- shuckles 3y agoThe burden of proof is on the people requesting the feature. The reason for not building any feature is simple: users don't care about it and there are more valuable other features to build. (As evidenced by system apps not being deletable on iOS for its first decade.)
- noapologies 3y ago> The burden of proof is on the people requesting the feature. Fortunately there are other reasons why a business may be forced to do something, and not allowed to be the sole judge/jury/executioner. One of those is anti-trust action - something that greatly benefits humanity as a whole, even though the alternative may (or may not) be cheaper for the business. Other examples are employee protections, consumer protections, constitutional amendments etc.
- shuckles 3y agoWhich goes back to my original point: there is literally no benefit besides navel gazing for requiring the photos app to be deletable. Just because there are many reasons one could compel a company to do something does not mean any of them are applicable to this request.