[detourdog]

This is a large part of Apple's control/Secure Enclave decisions. These decisions can seem arbitrary and anti-completive from the outside.

[no_time]

I wouldn't call it anti-competitive. Treacherous is a more apt description.

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/can-you-trust.html

[detourdog]

Apple is a west coast company and they like their west coast BSD licenses.

[matheusmoreira]

Not only anti-competitive but also treacherous. They exist to protect corporations from us, the users of the computers.

[saagarjha]

This seems unrelated?

[detourdog]

I saw is as related by an entities ability to control certificates on platforms with zero trust.

[saagarjha]

Apple designs the platform, though. Seems like a different model to me?

[detourdog]

Exactly I was pointing out why some may choose certain models. I would say that building a platform takes many considerations and the choices made led to this outcome. Apple made different choices and is often vilified for trying to maintain these protections.

Apple has been slowly making progress of opening up their platform. The next 3 years will introduce a new landscape for apps. People will still be complaining.