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by bad_user
4043 days ago
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If Apple and Google are doing the same thing, that doesn't mean that it's OK for Microsoft to do it as well. Also, at the very least Android allows one to install software from third-party sources with a simple config change and there are alternative app stores available (e.g. Amazon's app store, F-Droid), whereas it isn't possible to do that on Windows Phone or with these modern Windows apps. And you can install apps from wherever on OS X. Early 2000 seemed as if we're headed into a world of openness, of standards, but now the pendulum is striking back. I keep telling people that Apple is the worst thing that could have happened to this industry, but nobody listens.
This is because Apple succeeded where Microsoft failed - they popularized DRM and Trusted Computing and every fear we've had when the notion of Trusted Computing happened is now coming to life ... https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/can-you-trust.en.html |
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