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Re:Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones by ryandrake on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @10:54AM (#43412827)
You're getting dumped on here but you're absolutely right. Anyone who has been in software for any amount of time knows this, too. HN is full of software developers--downvoters should know better.

You can put a button in your app that says "Tapping this will drain your bank account and give you cancer" but if it also enables functionality that the user wants, they will tap it.

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Re:Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones by DirkH on Thursday March 20, 2025 @11:29AM (#43424671)
Sounds like a "make better warning messages" issue.

Most users are not able to root their device due to the number of steps needed and will give up on an app that needs root access. Make it so that you have to do something other than just clicking a warning message to enable using your Pebble then.

Warning messages can be made idiot proof with some thought.

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