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
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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)