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Re:There’s a crack in the iPhone foundation and it could get... by postoak on Thursday August 12, 2021 @02:24PM (#28159701)
The problem is that you have to trust their description when the technology is a black box. And trust that it won't change in the future.
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Re:There’s a crack in the iPhone foundation and it could get... by stetrain on Thursday August 12, 2021 @02:39PM (#28159869)
Sure. But like I said the causes are mostly political and legal.

A utopia of GPL-only mobile devices with no proprietary cloud service connections doesn't seem like a valid option. At least not for a large enough share of users to make a societal difference.

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