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>>>I paid for the phone. I own it. I can do whatever I bloody please with it. I keep trying to make that point to people who defend lock-in to specific app sto
by mikecane 14y ago
>>>I paid for the phone. I own it. I can do whatever I bloody please with it.
I keep trying to make that point to people who defend lock-in to specific app stores and so far it hasn't worked. It's your device. Not someone else's damned colony.
- venomsnake 14y agoIt is a lost fight. The moment you hear competent developers and tech savvy people telling you that the locked bootloaders and the ability of apple or microsoft to be total moral arbiters is "fine and good for the users", some of them people that have benefited greatly from the openness of the PC and WWW ... its is sad.
- mikecane 14y agoYes. I understand their need to make a living, but it's the same shortsightedness that leads to the entire mess we're in with everything.
- cubicle67 14y agoI have no problem with lockin to specific app stores, consoles that only run approved games etc. A company can sell what they like; it's their product ... but ... once purchased the owner should be free to do what they like with it. Jailbreak, hack, whatever. It's their physical device to do with what they like. Sure, this may not suit some business models (like consoles sold at a loss) but too bad. Those companies are free to make hacking/jailbreaking said device as dificult as they like, but if someone can bypass that then good. I don't believe the goventment should be involved at all, on either side