Apple does that for enterprise profiles and vpn profiles on iOS. Guaranteed you can talk most people into doing that without much trouble.
stevehobbes
joined 10 months ago
The issue is for the technically illiterate it’s often not nearly as intentional.
No one reads pop ups or warnings, they just click ok when they’re told.
My MIL was on her way to Home Depot to buy gift cards when my FIL called me because he couldn’t talk her out of it and thought I could.
She had clicked a popup and then called the number - then somehow googled for Apple support number and called another scam.
Literally anything that makes that more likely or easier is a net negative for a very sizeable percentage of users.
I am certainly a power user - but there aren’t really any android apps that I think I’m missing out on.
There’s 1/10th the spyware / garbage ware in the Apple Store vs Play store, and that’s before we get into 3rd party stores.
I mean… maybe? I don’t actually care. My MIL will absolutely get tricked into downloading some spyware or scam app from some shady 3rd party App Store if they existed.
The walled garden approach isn’t for everyone - but I don’t actually mind it at all.
The real issue is almost certainly that Hey doesn’t want to pay Apple 30% so you can’t do anything without an external subscription and they don’t allow you to pay with In App Payments/Subscriptions.
This guys entire marketing plan is generating controversy.
Well, you see, the 2,000lb bomb was heavy and the plane was tired of carrying it.
Really? If you buy a house, the closing happens at the bank, then you can’t return to your home?
Of course you can.
How does “maybe an external spy agency should stop spying” have 6 upvotes?
Is your opinion that no government should spy on any other government?
On the other hand you have a strongman-on-his-way-to-dictator telling you that some people are enemies of the state and you’re just believing it as a surface truth.
First off, she isn’t dumb at all. Just easily overwhelmed by technology. She was suspicious and took the time to try to find apple’s phone number to call them, but probably got bit by someone scamming google’s SEO so google spit out a scam number.
They started using USBC on Macs and iPads forever ago. They weren’t forced to do anything. When they switched from 30 pin to lightning everyone was pissed. They guaranteed 10 years of support for lightning. Which drum roll… expired in 2022. https://www.theverge.com/23312359/apple-iphone-lightning-cable-anniversary-10-years
If you don’t like it just buy android and windows devices? It’s not like there’s no choices and you’re screwed. It’s also not like they changed their stance over time. Whether you bought iPhone 1 or iPhone 15 the experience has been more or less the same ecosystem wise.