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Re:Japan to open up Apple and Google app stores to competiti... by klipklop on Monday June 19, 2023 @04:59PM (#36396378)
I don't want my computers restricted because your elderly family members cannot figure out how to use them.
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Re:Japan to open up Apple and Google app stores to competiti... by martimarkov on Monday June 19, 2023 @06:41PM (#36397350)
Buy an Android phone then. We have one closed and one open platform
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Re:Japan to open up Apple and Google app stores to competiti... by klipklop on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @03:06AM (#36400660)
Why should I buy something else because other people can’t handle computers without training wheels?

The befuddled kind grandmothers of the world can just not install/sideload alt stores.

The most common way the elderly get scammed is over voice telephone conversations. Would you suggest we disable the ability to speak over the phone to “protect” them as well?

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