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Re:There’s a crack in the iPhone foundation and it could get... by hypothesis on Thursday August 12, 2021 @02:13PM (#28159565)
And that is why having an open web is important.

Not being locked-in into apps is critical nowadays.

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Re:There’s a crack in the iPhone foundation and it could get... by cudgy on Thursday August 12, 2021 @02:32PM (#28159779)
How does open web make it better? Then your data is swimming on a server outside your device on an unknown operating system with god knows who looking at it.

Someone earlier astutely stated the metaphor “the thin edge of the wedge”; the movement to the “cloud” via the open web over the last decade was the thinnest part of the wedge.

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Re:There’s a crack in the iPhone foundation and it could get... by hypothesis on Thursday August 12, 2021 @03:03PM (#28160144)
Without one we would be forced to use apps on a locked down OS and unable to switch to any up-and-coming alternatives at all.

Even to the extent web is open today, I’m able to run Linux on all my PCs/laptops and not to have an extra one to run proprietary OS in order to participate in modern life.

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