| > nobody complained about this junk when it was nintendo and sega doing it, for a lot more. I'm sure someone did, but they didn't have the internet to vent their frustrations. > 1) people have this illogical apple hatred I'd say there's valid reasons to dislike Apple's stance on many issues. > 2) people buy into google's spiel about being open. Every OS Google has is open-source - Chrome OS, and Android. Yes, we know they do have services that aren't, and some that require payment, but you can use, fork, and hack on Android or Chromium if you want to. Is Google a 100% open source company? No. I would personally prefer Firefox OS and Ubuntu become the major smartphone players, but Google is better than Apple or MS. > The app store, is a tradeoff. It's some inconvenience for developers in exchange for a trusted, safe marketplace for applications for consumers. It's not about the app store. It's about restrictions on side-loading your own app onto a device you own. With an Android device, I can test my own apps without having to sign up for anything. I hear Firefox OS is just as open, and they make it very easy to test out your HTML5 apps (even without it being hosted on a website). |
> I'd say there's valid reasons to dislike Apple's stance on many issues.
That's not apple hatred, and it's not what I'm talking about.
> Every OS Google has is open-source - Chrome OS, and Android. Yes, we know they do have services that aren't, and some that require payment, but you can use, fork, and hack on Android or Chromium if you want to.
Read this: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/googles-iron-grip-on-....
I don't know what your argument is, but also consider that apple has an opensource core to their OS too - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system). But they have a closed source shell on top of that? So does android.
> Google is better than Apple or MS.
This is what i'm talking about when I say illogical apple hatred. Google is not better than Apple or MS.
> It's not about the app store. It's about restrictions on side-loading your own app onto a device you own
If people could sideload anything on their devices, it would break trust in the platform. Apple want a platform that people trust, and most people want that too. It's not fundamentally wrong to be different, but just understand that you're a minority on this planet and that people who don't want to sideload apps are the majority.