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The first iPhone didn't have an app store and the idea was to just use websites and later install webapps. On that there is no control whatsoever, so no I don't
by nedt 2y ago
The first iPhone didn't have an app store and the idea was to just use websites and later install webapps. On that there is no control whatsoever, so no I don't think the original idea was to lock down the devices for business value.
- lern_too_spel 2y agoThe two examples I gave are where locking a device down to extract value from customers conflict with privacy for those same customers. The former won years ago, and there has been no change since. The iPhone had to add an app store because there were some apps that users couldn't build on the web at the time. They since allowed apps, but those apps are restricted to a proper subset of the APIs that first party apps get.