dave marsh

hackintoisier said:

Give users choice. No one is forcing anyone to use alternative app stores, but given that the app market is a billion dollar enterprise, I can see why governments are now interested in ensuring adequate competition. 

I do believe it’s just a matter of time before alternative app stores are allowed on iOS. 

And just who would the customers blame when these third party products install malware on their iOS devices?  Yes, Apple, exactly.  Apple created the hardware, iOS software, App Store, and deserves to run it any way they wish.  They allow third parties to sell their products through Apple’s secure systems after they have been approved by Apple.  I stick with Apple because I trust them.  Forcing them to allow third parties to sell/install software on Apple products that Apple doesn’t approve/control would destroy their ecosystem.  That is not viable.

xyzzy-xxx said:

harrykatsaros said:

We want Apple to allow developers to be able to take advantage of Apple's platform in a way that cuts Apple completely out of that process, while also compromising the security of the platform and the privacy of its users. Hmmm... 

The security of the platform comes from iOS. Apps loaded from alternate app stores would have exactly the same privileges as apps loaded from Apple's app store – just app review is done by a different institution. If you don't trust a institution, you can decide which app stores you trust.

Apps created, sold, and reviewed by non-Apple businesses would be free to embed in their software anything they wanted.  Forcing Apple to permit these potential malware products to be installed on their products would jeopardize both the security of the hardware and the Apple customer, and Apple would be blamed when their customers were harmed.  That’s not viable.  Apple is synonymous with security and privacy, which would be lost if this initiative were to be passed.  Suggesting that the security of the platform comes from iOS is only meaningful if the software installed has been certified by Apple as meeting their standards.  Third parties wouldn’t have those incentives.

This is a great machine and is a fitting umpteenth generation Mac compared to my original 1984 128k Mac (which I still have on display in my office).  We’ve come a long way!

The phone throttling issue was a PR failure, period.  Apple was trying to do the right thing and give users a few more years of functionality with a dying phone, but failed to advise its customers what/why it was doing that.  It was a lot of brouhaha about nothing.

bluefire1 said:

I wonder what my 1984 Macintosh would go for.

I also still have mine.  Sits on a shelf with my other first gen Apple stuff.