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Why should Microsoft or Apple decide what software I can run on my device? Right now, one of the top stories on HN is Rogue Amoeba's Airfoil Speakers Touch iOS
by CrazedGeek 14y ago
Why should Microsoft or Apple decide what software I can run on my device?
Right now, one of the top stories on HN is Rogue Amoeba's Airfoil Speakers Touch iOS app being removed from the App Store (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4019660 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4019660). If the devices I use subscribed to the "user must be totally protected from themselves" philosophy, then I'd be totally unable to use their product. However, that's thankfully not the case -- I can still purchase and use Airfoil for Mac and Windows, two (currently) mostly open platforms (http://rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/ http://rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/).
Mountain Lion's Gatekeeper, iOS, and the WinRT restrictions make me wary of the future.
- jeremyarussell 14y agoWhy should Microsoft or Apple decide what software I can run on my device? I believe their argument is to allow them to retain a semblance of control on their respective platforms. Something about people always blaming the maker of their operating system for the glitches which may or may not actually be the OS's fault, and can tend to be the programmers fault. That's what they say anyways.