No, I value my time and my brain. It takes me X wasted minutes to talk to a support person to remove my subscription. That’s not really a good use of my brain, is it now?

If you want the freedom - there are platforms out there. Use those. There is no reason to impose your views on the rest of us. I prefer this level of security vs freedom. When I need the freedom I pickup my Android phone.

The important point here is I have a choice.

Ppl get scammed by phone calls & text messages… it’s an entire industry designed and operating to bypass this brain of yours. And now we are introducing another vector to make it easier. That is my problem with side-loading. The fact that it increases the attack surface for everyone even though not everyone wants it.

> You're clearly a "I'd rather live in a golden cage than use my brain" type

You're posting this on Hacker News, literally 9 people out of 10 here use their brains for a living. I hope you're keeping that in mind.

Yeah, he's posting this on Hacker News. A site whose very name is pretty much the antithesis of what these corporations are doing.