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by gumby271 1y ago
Well maybe let's start small and cover the people that do first, just to see how that goes. Instead we're starting with all people on the planet, and it will be declared a success because the metrics will say it was, there's
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by gumby271 1y ago
Then why not lock down their devices. Why aren't people using the parental controls on their parents phones to lock it down and own in on their behalf? I don't understand this idea that because there are some people vulnerable to
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by gumby271 1y ago
Yeah imagine such a wild thing
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by gumby271 1y ago
Just build your own smartphone empire lol
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by gumby271 1y ago
For now, maybe. Like all discussions on freedoms and rights it's usually not about the day to day impact or the average person, if we optimized for the average person, we'd be in a sorry state.
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by gumby271 1y ago
You mean the people actively building this system? I have to assume it's decently far along for them to make this announcement.
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by gumby271 1y ago
Damn we should just give up on this whole computer thing outright then, seems pretty dangerous. There are plenty of other things we could strip away that would make people much safer than just installing software, that's thinking small
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by gumby271 1y ago
Wouldn't that launch the browser app and bring it to the foreground? I wouldn't compare that to having full network access.
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by gumby271 1y ago
Agreed, and iOS devs should follow suit too. If the store you're distributing with isn't the best option for you, you should find a better partner.
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by gumby271 1y ago
Sadly they don't specify why that's not necessary with iOS, I'm so curious how that's any different. They need some ID to send push notifications, and Apple keeps those registered to devices for delivery. I don't ge
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by gumby271 1y ago
Isn't that true of any notification system? You're the one setting the payload, you can encrypt it before it gets to Google or Apple.
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by gumby271 1y ago
Right? I'm confused how APNS could do this differently from FCM. At least an Android app could implement push notifications without involving Google. This seems like a dev that doesn't really understand Android outside of the GMS
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by gumby271 1y ago
I think the same is true for when they started using blurs everywhere. They knew Android OEMs would copy it in a worse way and shoot themselves in the foot. That's also why material design doesn't rely on blur effects, it needs to
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by gumby271 1y ago
Privacy. Except when you want to install software on a computer you own, then Apple has to know about it and approve of it. That's Apple. It's wild to me they would claim privacy as some human right while making the only computer
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by gumby271 1y ago
That was kind of their whole bet with rebranding vendor lock-in as an "Ecosystem" right? Get people to buy in and make it painful to leave, even when they become shitty.
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by gumby271 1y ago
Can third parties fully replace Apple Wallet functionality? I know NFC is accessible now, but can they do payments?
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by gumby271 1y ago
> However, the lack of the binaries makes the situation with the OS effectively the same. Once the device is EOL it's e-waste. Agreed, I'm definitely disappointed in this. The coupling of the hardware and software makes the Pix
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by gumby271 1y ago
I'm not sure the release of Google Pixel phone binaries is what made Android distinct from iOS. I'm pretty sure I still cant choose what software runs on iOS outside of Apple saying so, and that's one of the largest distincti
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by gumby271 1y ago
I think a lot of what Apple has added to their App Store in the name of security is really just to get developers to move to recurring revenue models, which in turns makes Apple a lot more money. An old app that hasn't been updated in
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by gumby271 1y ago
I'm curious, how would you say they're more open these days? I've always resisted iOS since I can't do the most basic thing on it which is install software independent of the manufacturer saying I can. If that changes I&
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by gumby271 1y ago
Perhaps the added competition will encourage Apple to improve this, they haven't had any reason to make it better so far.
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by gumby271 2y ago
That's fair, but the point is still that "The Worst Thing Ever" was the online part, which this doesn't do, so the comparison makes little to no sense. I'll check out their write up though, sounds interesting.
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by gumby271 2y ago
I've seen this article circulating other sites, and it's kind of crazy to compare that headline and the content to the reality of what's happening here. In fact, reading the article now, I see it's continuously been edit
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by gumby271 2y ago
Oh that's right, they would upload a hash basically then flag it using whatever criteria they wanted on the server side. I think some of the outrage too was the question of what happens when they detect something, it was the issue of i
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by gumby271 2y ago
I'm pretty sure what Apple proposed was an offline system for scanning, but any matches would be submitted to them. This is just the offline parts, and apps can choose to use it to detect nudity or other NSFW images. There's no sc
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by gumby271 2y ago
> what differentiated Apple from the rest was your ability to fully own and manage their devices easily without having to rely on some "forever" subscription. I'm not sure that's ever been true of the iPhone. Apple&#x
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by gumby271 2y ago
I never said it was a law, it's a rule of thumb used by police to harass and arrest gender non-conforming people. You seem determined to find some formal law that made their existence illegal, and I'm curious why.
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by gumby271 2y ago
I think it's pretty obvious that historical accuracy is not the motivation for this change.
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by gumby271 2y ago
The most obvious example is the "Three Article Rule" that enforced that you must wear at least 3 articles of clothing that "match" your assigned sex at birth. These were easy rules for police to use to justify arresting
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by gumby271 2y ago
But web hosting fees aren't arbitrary, they're based on the cost of distributing the program they've written. Apple can just declare that you have to rebuild your program for $100 a year plus the cost of all their other hardw

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