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I think it's simpler. They were tired of their name and OS being dragged through the mud by your average user who has no idea what they're doing. So they starte
by Salgat 2y ago
I think it's simpler. They were tired of their name and OS being dragged through the mud by your average user who has no idea what they're doing. So they started forcing updates, providing their own anti-virus, started adding lots of metrics to track what your average user was actually doing, and tied your documents to an account with cloud storage so that when the user inevitably broke something, it was recoverable in an easy manner. I think people forget that earlier versions of Windows were virus-laden wastelands that had to be fixed all the time because of all the mistakes users were making (most famously all the viruses they'd download and run on their machines that hadn't been updated in 5 years).
- philistine 2y agoI’ll argue iPhone won the smartphone because Windows was such a minefield that a foolproof device like that meant everybody could compute safely. People who are arguing for freedom to mess up their own computer and those of the tech-illiterate (the kernel access maximalists, the people conflating code signing with corporate oversight) are arguing for giving general computing to closed systems because a majority of users need protection from themselves.
- hulitu 2y ago> that a foolproof device like that meant everybody could compute safely. Can you do real work on an iPhone ?
- bee_rider 2y agoYes there are a couple ok SSH clients for iOS so you can connect to a real computer, which is all any laptop or cellphone is good for anyway.
- philistine 2y agoWhat is real work? I manage a park, and can do all the work on the phone if need be. The only problem is the screen size.
- Have7878forever 2y agoYou must have never done VBA excel. Mostly just emails and text msging. Look at your assistants. Your works that suppose to be done by you in many countries shifted to your assistants. Look at theirs. I doubt they using apple iPhone to do their work. Otherwise your parks must be rather primitive in operations.
- GeekyBear 2y ago> They were tired of their name and OS being dragged through the mud If this were the case, they wouldn't insist on making a "feature" like this uninstallable. Occam's razor tells me that it is only worth forcing a universally reviled "feature" on everyone if there is a great deal of money at stake.
- TeMPOraL 2y agoAs much as I hate it, content marketers and other shady scoundrels are really good at teaching even most computer-illiterate people how to pwn themselves. If something that annoys regular people can be disabled, you can bet there's already hundreds of guides explaining how to do it step-by-step.
- soraminazuki 2y agoOh sure, it's all for the user's own sake. Microsoft recording the screen, collecting keyboard and voice input, tricking users into uploading their private files, and literally stealing emails? It's all about protecting users from themselves. I don't know exactly how, but it's a much simpler explanation than seeing things for what they are. /s