Re:Is it possible to allow sideloading *and* keep users safe?
by rfrey on Sunday August 31, 2025 @12:39PM
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I own a blender made by KitchenAid. I am allowed to blend strawberries that have not been approved by KitchenAid. I can make an Onion Banana Durian smoothie if I want. Calling Apple product appliances is a slur to appliance makers
Re:Is it possible to allow sideloading *and* keep users safe?
by beagle3 on Sunday August 31, 2025 @02:00PM
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I can see movies that weren’t blessed by Apple, and I can send email with content that wasn’t approved by apple.
Most of these analogies don’t make things much clearer.
The closest one is: the phone is supposedly my employee - I pay its salary (to Apple), but it is asking Apple to approve everything I ask it to do, and they are the only arbiter.
(This analogy also sucks. You have to actually deal with subject matter at hand and not look for shortcuts)
Apple wants to sell appliances. The parent commenter wants to buy a computer.
That's the fundamental disagreement.