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'For too long, Apple has operated a walled garden around its products': The EU forces Apple to open its closed system to third parties (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] dan@upvote.au 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I kinda agree with your sentiment. If I'm spending $1000+ on a device, I want to truly own it and do whatever I want with it. Unfortunately people have gotten very used to companies like Apple telling them what they can and can't do, and Apple artificially restricting things (like giving first-party apps special permissions that third-party apps can't get) so they make more money. It's not great that this is so widespread now. At least there's people like Louis Rossman that still care about these things.

If the manufacturer wants to have an "easy mode" where they limit what can be done, like what Apple does today, that's totally fine. Just don't force it onto everyone.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

The issue with “easy mode” is that it can be disabled. Scammers can and will find ways to trick grandma into disabling easy mode on her devices and then get her to install malware.

[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world -4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Thats the thing. I buy apple products for that sole reason rather than use a GrapheneOS device.

I want it locked down. I want it immutable. I want it matching every other device so im not fingerprinted. I want it backing up to the cloud with end to end encryption while syncing with all my other devices. I want it to airplay to my TV. I want it to be a webcam for my macbook. I want it to hold some health data while keeping it out of prying eyes. I want iMessage to end to end encrypt my text messages to other iMessage users.

Why bother getting an iOS device if thats not what you're after? Their products are some of the most secure devices, with the longest support life. I save money by holding an iPhone for 6 years, versus 3 years with an Android phone.

Listen, I LOVE grapheneOS. Its just not a complete ecosystem yet.

[–] dan@upvote.au 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I want it locked down. I want it immutable. I want it matching every other device so im not fingerprinted.

That's totally fine... But it should be optional, so that people who want to take full advantage of their device (instead of being restricted) can do so.

I save money by holding an iPhone for 6 years, versus 3 years with an Android phone

There's no reason you couldn't hold an Android phone for just as long. Samsung and Google both offer 7 years of security updates.