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by rootusrootus 1429 days ago
Will this become entirely moot in the EU after they force Apple to throw open the gates to iOS?
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No, why would it? Lockdown mode is a choice, and so is not using software from outside the app store etc.
Every time someone says the word Android in this discussion, the next reply is that Android allows any <insert software here> you want, therefore it's up to that software to implement such a lockdown feature. Ergo, "lockdown mode" isn't able to be a thing on Android. And following from that, if iOS is forced to have all the same openings, then Lockdown Mode will be just as meaningless.
You're not making any sense. Google could easily implement a lockdown mode on Android in exactly the same way. Sure, you could choose to use a browser that doesn't have a lockdown mode. You could also choose to turn off lockdown mode! It's pretty much the same choice. Having that choice to disable lockdown doesn't make lockdown meaningless. Lockdown is voluntary.