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Re:Apple restores Google’s internal iOS apps after certifica... by baroffoos on Friday February 01, 2019 @12:42AM (#19051942)
Its probably a good idea for grandma to have a phone you can not possibly mess up with but it sucks for everyone else that there is no setting to escape bubblewrap mode. I love how linux distros are set up. I can easily find trusted software in the repos but nothing stops me from running anything I want if needed and I understand the risks of running stuff outside of those repos.
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Re:Apple restores Google’s internal iOS apps after certifica... by eridius on Friday February 01, 2019 @01:37AM (#19052115)
> it sucks for everyone else that there is no setting to escape bubblewrap mode.

Yes there is. It's called Android.

I'm not being glib here, I'm totally serious. If you don't like the security restrictions that iOS has, then use Android.

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Re:Apple restores Google’s internal iOS apps after certifica... by chappi42 on Friday February 01, 2019 @04:43AM (#19052848)
With Android you suffer privacy intrusions. Unfortunately the market has failed with the dominant iOS/Android options. Regulations to protect consumers are required imo. Apple and Google are too big and have no incentive to fix this on their side.
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Re:Apple restores Google’s internal iOS apps after certifica... by eridius on Friday February 01, 2019 @01:41PM (#19057077)
You can't have your cake and eat it too. iOS is a lot better on the privacy front in a large part due to Apple's restrictions.
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Re:Apple restores Google’s internal iOS apps after certifica... by baroffoos on Sunday February 03, 2019 @05:21PM (#19072613)
You can. Desktop linux lets me do what I want and doesn't spy on me.
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Re:Apple restores Google’s internal iOS apps after certifica... by rlue on Friday February 01, 2019 @02:11AM (#19052250)
The Librem 5 is coming! (Slated for April)
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Re:Apple restores Google’s internal iOS apps after certifica... by mrep on Friday February 01, 2019 @02:01AM (#19052210)
I'm extremely free market but phones are used by practically everyone and 1 of the practically only 2 operating systems won't allow anyone whatsoever to distribute applications in any way outside of their totalitarian system.

I get your point and I'm not for forcing Apple to allow free side loading apps yet (I have an android partially because of this reason) but it is infuriating that when I had an iphone, I could not use any apps not allowed by them and annoying that i don't have that ability if I ever want to go back to an Iphone (and a major blocker for going back to be honest now that phone upgrades don't mean much these days).

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Re:Apple restores Google’s internal iOS apps after certifica... by scarface74 on Friday February 01, 2019 @06:59AM (#19053416)
Yes because everyone else really cares about the few apps that are available on Android that are not available on iOS because of Apple’s policies....
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