You are relying on a benevolent dictator.
If Apple decided to sell you out you are fucked.
BTW if you are such a security fan would it be good if Apple watches which websites you visit in your browser?
Wouldn't it be even better if only websites are allowed which are hosted on Apple servers on Apples own internet?
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Definitely - it is better than keeping tabs on thousands of small predators (apps) that want to milk your data at every instant possible.
Apple's entire business model for decades is about selling hardware and services, not advertisement. And they're doubling down on it.
The alternatives are "open source" masquerators like Ubuntu who had a boatload of Amazon spyware in it.
This is an age old argument about Apple. Last couple of months for Apple has been rough in terms of PR, but I can point you to many many threads about how Apple cares about their users and despite of the "dictator" status, they're a safe bet relative to what other options we have available. It is fashionable during this time to hate on Apple. See @dang's warning at the top of the thread - I've kind of lost hope in HN since it has become too emotional and less objective day by day.
BTW if Apple wins, developers are fucked. Apples gatekeeping will become the norm.
Developers would be resigned to the role of supplicant, who have to beg to sell their apps in the App Stores.
Just as is already happening in supermarkets and the automotive industry.
The farmers and suppliers are squeezed out and the big corporations make even more money.
It's ironic that once Apple sold Macs with the spin to prevent a 1984 like computer scenario.
Now they are big brother who watches over us to keep us secure.
It"s am incapacitation of its customers.
Please don't compare a tractor/car with the phone. Phone is a unique all-in-one system that has personal biometrics, facial recognition data, accelerometer data of my walking gait, what my sleep patterns are, emotional state, browsing habits, GPS location, home/work trips, messaging data, how often I call my doctor, network access, bluetooth access - I could go on for a few more paragraphs.
Does a tractor even come close to that level of personal information?
I agree with you and the right to repair movement. It bothers me that comes like John Deere are milking innocent farmers with equipment lockdown. It's the same with industrial robot manufacturers like Fanuc and Kuka. I once had to call Fanuc to add 128 additional registers on the controller for $10k! This is pretty rampant in B2B world and now penetrating the customer space - think about all the subscription services today! You don't own anything.
Phone is a different beast all together.
When it comes to developers, I value my device more than the developer ecosystem. For me, the phone is where I store personal data:
- Contacts - Photos - Notes - Messages / SMS - Health and Fitness
Everything else is secondary to me. So, I could give less of a damn about developers and their ecosystem than the security of the device. If I want to access external service, I use Safari or download an App.
I absolutely do not want Apps to have more control of my device. I am thankful that Apple is the gatekeeper.
I hope people see this - no one outside of HN gives a shit about Developers and I agree with them.
That's like saying I don't care about farmers I get my food from the supermarket.
What do you think who developed the programs to store your personal data?
Apple took over functions from third party apps because clever developers programmed them.
Your entire argument relies on a dichotomy between having a locked down walled garden which gives you privacy, and allowing any apps which takes all privacy away. Are you sure that's actually true? Because for example with PCs it's inverted, Linux is 110% more privacy sensitive than Windows. Openness also means you can protect yourself.
Protecting yourself is fine for you and me. Not the rest of 99.999%.
Android has an option allowing the users to install apps from any source. (You could install whole third-party app-stores this way.) Do you know of anyone who uses it?
However, it's always there, so, if my favourite Android app gets deleted from the store, I could still install it.
If your favourite iOS app gets deleted by Apple, what choices do you have?
Apple is about selling an image.
And Apple is caring as long the money flows. Don't get fooled, it's always about money. Apple sells products with a high margin that's why they can do without advertisement at the moment.
That can change every moment.
Remember how Steve Jobs laughed at using a stylus for tablets, what do we have now?
New management, new rules.
> Apple's entire business model for decades is about selling hardware and services, not advertisement.
No, Apple's entire business model for decades was about selling hardware.
So-called "services" are a recent development, and IMO not a welcome or pleasant one.
It's crucial to recognize that for most of Apple's existence, they sold only their own products. Reselling third-party products was a nonexistent or minimal part of Apple's business. That changed with the iTunes Music Store, and it took off from there.
I like Apple's first-party products. I want to buy into that ecosystem. But I never wanted to buy into the ecosystem where Apple is a reseller. I don't want Apple to become Amazon.