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22july2013 said:

MplsP said:

crowley said:

Pascalxx said:

@22july2013 ;

I am somewhat sympathetic to this hypothetical argument on a general level.

I do see a few problems with it, though, as expressed in the following statement:
"the founding principles of general purpose computers were to give full control of the computer to the user"

I think there may have been some truth in that when the audeicen for "general purpose" computers were enthusiasts and nerds.  We've moved on a bit from then and the audience is much wider, and that principle has been pushed to back behind safety and privacy, which are tasks for the platform vendor to ensure.

The other question is whether you are talking about the computer or the software. I can do anything I want with my iPhone. I can't do anything I want with iOS. 

Can you jailbreak your iPhone using software from Apple? No, you have to run software from an untrustworthy source, currently the software says it is written by "Kim John Cracks." Apple does not support or document how to jailbreak safely.

r u sirius? Do you expect Volvo to aid their customers in bypassing their safety system as well? You must be the one on crack.

TikTok’s not the only app to snoop on us users. Sometimes these attacks come from a much closer place. Did you know that the very AppleInsider app that many of us uses does clipboard snooping on us? Yes, it’s not only caught by Apple’s warning system, but AI refuses to do anything about it too — no update for 8 months(!!!). They blame some external party for grabbing this data, which to me makes the problem even worse. It sounds a lot like the TikTok problem we’re discussing in here. Except AI also censors posts like this one.

22july2013 said:

In short…

In short?
Short is such a relative term …obv
  

22july2013 said:

anantksundaram said:

Every time this guy communicates, it leads one to wonder what he's on... He's either incoherent, or when coherent, full of blather.

Kinda like Elon Musk.

Don’t agree at all. Elon’s cool …and a good entrepreneur

sflocal said:

OMG, now I just want Epic to fail.  

Yeah, I’ve gone from “Can we get Fortnite back now?” to “Maybe I should go look for some other game” to “Just kill’em, all rite”.