Comment on Apple’s rejection of Hey calendar app revives an old feud

• stevehobbes@lemy.lol ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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.

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  • LazaroFilm@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Leave the walled garden up. Just allow an opening of the user wants to.

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    • stevehobbes@lemy.lol ⁨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.

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      • LazaroFilm@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Mac has a good-ish solution where you need to go into settings to allow unapproved apps.

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      • camelbeard@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        There are more Android users than Apple users worldwide. Lots of them are not very tech savvy, but they don’t get tricked into installing random apps. You can’t even do that unless you go into settings and enable third-party app installs. I don’t think it’s really a big problem like you think it is

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  • atk007@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Just because you married the daughter of someone dumb, the rest of us should suffer? Due to this walled garden approach, the big companies are carving pieces of once open Internet to create their own secluded corners which only stifles competition. I always liked apple as a technology company, but their transition into a lifestyle brand only emboldened their gatekeeping. I am glad they were forced to adapt to USB-C, and I hope that in future, they be forced to open their AppStore.

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    • stevehobbes@lemy.lol ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      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. theverge.com/…/apple-iphone-lightning-cable-anniv…

      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 noFirst 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. theverge.com/…/apple-iphone-lightning-cable-anniv…

      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.

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