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Re:Keep Android Open by rezonant on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @12:35PM (#45749289)
Saying what youve said above and knowing full well how this works, but failing to mention a crucial fact like this is deceptive.
Re:Keep Android Open by jb1991 on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @04:12PM (#45752419)
I guess some are more bothered by this than others. A bit harsh to claim there is deception going on. Like I said, I’ve never paid Apple a fee and I have several original apps on my iPhone.
Re:Keep Android Open by greycol on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @06:19PM (#45753833)
This is like calling a Tesla car a spacecraft because one got launched by a rocket. It's like saying you're a free man in prison because you don't want to go anywhere. All the apps you've made either can't connect with other people or require them to be local and visit once a week or be able to jump through the same hoops as you and own a machine to install the app. "I can install an app but my definition of an app is it only works for 7 days and then it needs to be installed again"

At best you can install a demo.

I'm immortal because except for the few ways I can die, like old age, I'll live forever.

Re:Keep Android Open by jb1991 on Thursday October 30, 2025 @02:13PM (#45763182)
These are the most hyperbolic metaphors I have seen on HN within at least the last few months.
Re:Keep Android Open by greycol on Thursday October 30, 2025 @04:06PM (#45764692)
Thanks and of course, it's used to highlight how ridiculous you are being in considering an app, that doesn't function as an app, an app.

The tesla car is a vehicle traveling through space, technically a spacecraft it's just literally not what anyone thinks of when they mean spacecraft.

The prisoner reference is an allusion to the usual philosophical debate on how small man made borders need to be to be considered a prison, here's a nice blog post on some parallel thought's about it[1]. The main point being most people don't believe the borders of a country a prison or if they were stuck in a state, or smaller country, a district, a building, a room. If it's only a building then what of prison camps? refugee camps? A city with its' one road washed out? Australia's a fine island to be stuck on but marooned on a desert island and suddenly people are saying they're trapped.

You are literally saying a 7 day limit on a piece of software working still makes it count as what people consider an app and have been arguing that people are wrong for calling apple out on not letting you install your own apps for free. You're as technically correct as saying you can use a tesla car as a spacecraft.

[1] https://philosophersmag.com/philosophical-conversations-in-p...

Re:Keep Android Open by jb1991 on Friday October 31, 2025 @04:22AM (#45769529)
> highlanders are considered immortal even though chopping off their heads kills them.

It’s not worth further of my time to debate with this level of irrationality.

Re:Keep Android Open by greycol on Monday November 10, 2025 @08:57PM (#45883253)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091203/

I can see why you have come to very fragile conclusions if your default is to assume what others say is irrational rather than researching or simply asking when you don't understand it (googling what you quoted verbatim even gives the context).