What’s more, Windows S Mode proved perfectly that you could offer the “safe” functionality that Apple claim they need to protect their customers, without fucking things up for people who wanted to take responsibility for vetting applications themselves.
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JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 3 weeks agoNope. No reason that you should pay $1000 for a device and not, at the very least, be able to exert administrative control over it.
We wouldn’t accept this from Microsoft.
Should side loading be discouraged and warned about? Yes. Should it be impossible? Maybe through “parental” controls or MDM, but absolutely not out-of-the-box.
skisnow@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
orgrinrt@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This is a sane take, though I personally do generally tend towards understanding and even valuing the walled garden to some degree. But this is what I’ve always felt underneath it, you found the words.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
A walled garden without an exit is just a pretty prison.