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That solves your update problem. But you are still under control of a central entity that has its own interests and tightly controls their ecosystem and the app
by mrich 14y ago
That solves your update problem. But you are still under control of a central entity that has its own interests and tightly controls their ecosystem and the apps you can install on the product you bought. You have replaced your carrier with the hardware manufacturer. A better alternative would be to buy your smartphone without contract to begin with, which comes down to the same price very often.
- josephlord 14y agoFor most users it is the update problem that I'm concerned about, particularly from a security point of view. The contract is completely irrelevant to this issue isn't it? An iPhone on contract is completely updatable, I don't know if it is relevant with Samsung's phones or not. Even if non-contract Samsung's are updatable that makes advice to friends/family even more complicated. The freedom problem is an issue with all the mainstream phones on the market but isn't a problem for most users. The solutions with the current market products are jailbreaking/rooting or joining developer programmes. In the Apple case developer programme costs $99 and additional agreements (in practice you need a Mac too). Or using a web app to get round the limitations. There real solution will be when there is a real open source open platform on the market. And personally I wouldn't sacrifice much performance/capability to get it although the option would be nice.