Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by EU laws

Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by eternalban on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @05:23PM (#33976916)

At some point in the near future we are all going to be in the same shoe as GP's mother: confronted by tech we simply no longer understand. Even the latest generation is merely fluent in using these devices. The subset that will keep up will be even smaller than today, imo. Almost all others will choose the safe options, specially when our lives are even more critically intertwined with our devices.

Even today it is not ok to be careless with what you put on your machine, but in a couple of decades, it could be a true disaster, specially if public services are fully tied to your digital identity. You would not want your digital self to be entertaining any random* program as guest.

* effectively random - see first point

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Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by binarymax on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @05:43PM (#33977263)

This is a strange prediction to make on hacker news. Most of the people here are constantly learning and adapting to new technology.

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Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by KerrAvon on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @05:52PM (#33977375)

You must not have experience with elderly relatives on the edge of Alzheimers or other forms of dementia. It happens; it happens to the best of us.

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Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by binarymax on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @05:59PM (#33977462)

I do.

But having a debilitating disease is a different story and beyond the persons control.

Given a choice, I and many others here will continue to learn and adapt.

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Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by _carbyau_ on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @07:10PM (#33978202)

Eh. GP:> The subset that will keep up will be even smaller than today

The subset might include you, or a majority of HN people even. Just a smaller % of population than currently.

Regards your > Given a choice

If you have family with such issues, you know it wasn't a choice. Getting older means facing mental plasticity slowdown. You can work to be fit on that front sure, but it is an issue that we will all face and not everyone will choose as you do.

I am not sure I agree with GP's assertion that technology will be inherently harder to deal with though.

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Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by eternalban on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @07:32PM (#33978382)

The subject at hand affects the entirety of society, not just hn members. Even today surely you must have very intelligent and capable friends or people you know that are preoccupied with their own domain and it is an unreasonable position to expect them to keep up with software and hardware and cellular/networking and be able to ascertain with high confidence that X is a safe and secure choice.

This issue can not be decided based on what is appropriate for a niche segment of society. We have a variety of options to serve the general society -- state/control, state/licensing, state/regulation, private/corporate, public/ngo, public/community, personal/ai, personal/expertise. These are not mutually exclusive options and we should discuss the possible configurations, optimal for general societal welfare, rather than denying that the problem exists.

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Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by eternalban on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @06:01PM (#33977480)

There is certainly that, but in fairness GP is correct that I am saying that at some point tech is going to outstrip even the best of us (maybe it's just the dumb me projecting).

One possibility that comes to mind is that we could possibly rely on trustworthy AI to help us understand the implications of using X in full. So if not walled gardens maybe private landscape architects or AI gardeners.

But one of the two will be required for digital life.

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