Tim Sweeney on Apple and Google

Re:Tim Sweeney on Apple and Google by hellisothers on Friday September 11, 2020 @10:38AM (#24443297)

This assumes you want to install software from anywhere, or that you want your mom (who you suggested get and iPhone) to be able to install software from anywhere. For similar reasons that hardware admins don’t want you installing anything you like on company hardware, I don’t want my family installing anything they get tricked into installing on their phones.

There are other options out there where you can do whatever you want and side load, why not go use those yourself and stop demanding others be subjected to this same situation?

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Re:Tim Sweeney on Apple and Google by _qulr on Friday September 11, 2020 @10:59AM (#24443535)

I have nothing against your mom, who I don't know, and I'm sure she's a fine person, but nonetheless, your mom is your problem. Why does your mom become my problem. Why must my freedom be restricted to protect your mom from herself on the computer?

Your mom is presumably able to drive a car, which is a killing machine in the wrong hands. Your mom can drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes, buy a gun, use a chainsaw. All of these activities are infinitely more dangerous than using a smartphone. OS lockdown in completely unjustified in comparison. It's a vast overreaction by "helicopter children".

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Re:Tim Sweeney on Apple and Google by damnyou on Friday September 11, 2020 @10:42AM (#24443341)

Sideloaded Android software is treated as second class. For example, F-Droid cannot update apps in the background.

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Re:Tim Sweeney on Apple and Google by brendoelfrendo on Friday September 11, 2020 @12:22PM (#24444383)

This argument is silly because it can so easily be turned on its head: why should a closed environment be the only option? Why don't you stick to the app store, but allow others to do with their devices as they please?

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