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I choose Apple to be the custodian of apps that go on my phone. There is a platform where the user is the one that determines what goes on their phone, it's cal
by denkmoon 2y ago
I choose Apple to be the custodian of apps that go on my phone. There is a platform where the user is the one that determines what goes on their phone, it's called Android.
- areoform 2y agoWhile I am glad that you have the choice to be a digital serf - paying your lord for using land (devices), I would much rather prefer the choice to not be one. That way, you can opt into digital serfdom and people like me can opt out. - Serf here isn’t pejorative, but descriptive. Apple is behaving like a feudal lord. Down to the claims of protecting the land and arbitrating disputes.
- denkmoon 2y agoWhy do you act like Android doesn't exist? You _can_ opt out of "digital serfdom".
- mirsadm 2y agoHow is Android any different?
- pinusc 2y agoIn some cases one can install a de-googlified version of android, and install whatever app (.apk) they wish through alternative app stores or directly. For 99.9% of people, Android and iOS will be virtually identical in terms of freedom, as they will just install apps from the play store and use google-services on the manufacturer-provided (and -bloated) android install that comes with their phone. That being said, for those who do care, the ability to take control of your phone and run AOSP, an actually FOSS distribution, and only run FOSS apps, or install whatever app you want, is unparalleled on Android vs iOS.
- denkmoon 2y agoAndroid is open source, there are several freedom respecting distributions of it. You can even get mostly freedom respecting hardware.
- bastawhiz 2y agoSure, so why should everyone else with an iOS device have to make the same choice?
- denkmoon 2y agoThose with an iOS device can make the exact same choice - to get an Android device. If I don't want Apple to be my custodian, that's the choice I have. I don't understand why people feel the need to force Apple into a specific strategy when they are not a monopoly. They aren't the only game in town, you don't _need_ an iPhone. Every single person who has an iPhone has chosen to have that device. Perhaps the reason people don't like the idea that if you want choice you choose the platform that gives you choice, is because Android is a steaming pile of garbage.
- Daishiman 2y agoThey're not a monopoly; they're a duopoly. It is a marginally better position but I have no idea how you justify to yourself handing over a consumer's power to the largest tech company in the world.
- snapcaster 2y agoBecause it's a set of tradeoffs and not a strict better/worse?
- Daishiman 2y agoApple is perfectly capable of having a phone that runs your own software with minimal trade offs, they just don’t want to because they’re not about empowering users but about creating a class of dependent consumers.
- leptons 2y ago>Every single person who has an iPhone has chosen to have that device. I didn't want an iphone. I was forced to get one, because Apple won't allow any web browser on their platform except their web browser. So I can't deliver a working website for iphone users without having a real iphone to develop on. This is an absolutely abusive, anti-competitive and shitty artificial limitation Apple has forced on the world. I'd really rather just tell my users to install Chrome or Firefox and use that instead of being forced to use Safari. This isn't good for developers, and it's not good for their customers whether they know it or not.
- beretguy 2y agoYour line of thinking has so much wrong with it that it would be a waste of time trying to argue with you because you cannot be helped.