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I don't see the problem here. Nobody should be able to install or disallow installation of software on a device except for the end user.

• JumpCrisscross 11mo ago
  > Nobody should be able to install or disallow installation of software on a device except for the end user This is a value statement. There is more public concern and support for security and freedom to use commercial software than there is for using it as a Stallmanesque general-purpose computer.
• sneak 11mo ago
  End users aren’t phone experts, and a huge portion of end users would like to completely delegate this decision to phone security experts at their handset manufacturer.
  • CamperBob2 11mo ago
    And nobody is trying to stop them. I'm not your grandma, though, and I'll thank you (and Apple) for not treating me as if I were.
    • sneak 11mo ago
      Yes, Apple is offering this product. Sideloading blows a hole in that security guarantee
      • CamperBob2 11mo ago
        The goddamn halting problem blows a hole in that "security guarantee," but never mind that.