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Re:Addressing Spotify’s Claims by winter_blue on Friday March 15, 2019 @04:16AM (#19397674)
The lack of choice is a problem. I’d support a law that mandated that all Turing-complete machines allow its owner to execute whatever code he wants on it, and therefore that iOS devices allow third-party apps (and third-party app stores) to be installed.
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Re:Addressing Spotify’s Claims by threeseed on Friday March 15, 2019 @04:31AM (#19397745)
You can signup for a Developer account and then execute whatever code you like on the device.

You just don't have a right to distribute that code to others. And that's one of the reasons why many of us like iOS since I can almost guarantee I won't have malware, viruses etc.

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Re:Addressing Spotify’s Claims by gruez on Friday March 15, 2019 @09:48AM (#19399641)
What if the device is a HSM? In that case not being able to execute arbitrary code is a feature for me.
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Re:Addressing Spotify’s Claims by CaptainMarvel on Friday March 15, 2019 @10:22AM (#19399931)
A HSM does not necessarily have to be Turing complete, I think.
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