Re:The Next Step in Apple's Thermonuclear War Against Android
by esolyt on Monday September 03, 2012 @02:46AM
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What I meant was, this is the correct approach. The implementation is not necessarily perfect. But in my opinion, it is much better than Apple's approach, which actually gives the world a bigger problem: A company deciding what software I can install on my device and what software I cannot.
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Re:The Next Step in Apple's Thermonuclear War Against Android
by Tyrannosaurs on Monday September 03, 2012 @05:22AM
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My preference is that Apple keep doing what they're doing but also take a less aggressive approach to jail breaking phones.
As someone who gets dragged in to sorting out the IT issues of friends, family, neighbours and who knows what else, there is a lot of benefit to the Apple approach at what is for most people, little real cost.
The problem is the absoluteness of their position. I don't mind if they make people jump through hoops to jailbreak phones, I don't mind if their default support position for phones is to restore them to factory settings before they'll even look at it, but I think allowing for the possibility of jail breaking as an accepted thing would be good for both choice, and making sure Apple stay honest.