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Re:AltStore: An alternative app store for non-jailbroken iOS... by arvinsim on Sunday November 08, 2020 @11:02PM (#25031345)
I still don't believe this the case until proven otherwise.

We cannot make an assumption that users don't care about X when they are not allowed to do X in the first place.

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Re:AltStore: An alternative app store for non-jailbroken iOS... by odshoifsdhfs on Monday November 09, 2020 @02:46PM (#25039018)
Well, they can buy an Android, thus I think they have chosen.

I like Apple's walled garden. I'm a developer for 20 years professionally and 10 more as a hobby. Writing this on a MacBook Pro, with an Apple Watch on my wrist and my iPhone next to me (I left the iPad at home).

I care that Apple's has this control over their ecosystem that I feel 100% confident on leaving my iPhone or iPad with my kid and know he won't follow some weird website instructions and brick/compromise it for example.

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