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Re:Dominance of Apple and Google’s app stores impacting comp... by emodendroket on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @10:57PM (#26964991)
For people like yourself, there is Android and there is jailbreaking. But I suspect most people do not actually desire complete control over their phones more than they desire a curated experience.
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Re:Dominance of Apple and Google’s app stores impacting comp... by FpUser on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @11:05PM (#26965056)
Modern phone is a powerful computer but both Google and Apple along with the phone manufacturers do not really want me to use it as one. And I am not prepared do dance around their platforms doing some hacks.

The end result is that my current smartphone is mostly just a phone with couple of off-line apps like GPS and apps to install firmware to various gizmos like a drone. I do not even have data plan.

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Re:Dominance of Apple and Google’s app stores impacting comp... by emodendroket on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @11:40PM (#26965285)
Well, I don't really like to fiddle with it that much either... but that's part of why I appreciate the App Store. I don't have to vet the software myself and if I buy a new phone everything just gets installed after I log in. It might be nice if they provided a way to install third-party apps without resorting to Test Flight or a dev certificate or jailbreaking, but I don't think I would actually use such a capability. I never did in many years of using an Android phone.
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