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Re:Apple introduces end-to-end encryption for backups by oblio on Thursday December 08, 2022 @09:45AM (#33908360)
No, and that's not any better.

Plus, are we actually comparing general use mobile computing devices to niche and mostly fixed computing devices?

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Re:Apple introduces end-to-end encryption for backups by scarface74 on Thursday December 08, 2022 @09:59AM (#33908502)
So a “cell phone” is a “general purpose computing device” but a console isn’t?
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Re:Apple introduces end-to-end encryption for backups by oblio on Thursday December 08, 2022 @10:09AM (#33908625)
They're both Turing machines, if that's what you're getting at.

In practice, no, a console is not a general purpose computing machine.

On iOS, by design, you can install almost any kind of application even without jailbreaking it. Which people do, you can have Excel and Maps and IDEs and whatever.

Consoles, by design, do not allow that. It's almost strictly meant for games and media.

And again. I don't care. Both types of walled gardens should be abolished.

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Re:Apple introduces end-to-end encryption for backups by scarface74 on Thursday December 08, 2022 @11:17AM (#33909584)
There is nothing about consoles that make them incapable of installing any type of software. They support keyboards and mice.
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