No they lack agency, so it is not a choice, is it?
Remember you brought up agency in the first place.
Only difference is you are defending those that could have a power 'controling' them, namely Apple(Speak). I don't think anyone here lacks agency per se. Maybe reflection could be more prevalent, though.
I think Apple is at its best when they are scrappy and competing on the merits of their approach. History is showing how lazy they get as the dominant force.
Many dominant players end up getting lazy and complacent and stop innovating and start taking their customers for granted. Sadly this has accelerated rapidly under Tim Cook.
Exactly. I love Apple, and I see a decline worth pointing out. They can be and, more importantly, have been better than this. Does that mean I'm no longer allowed to own my Macs, iPhone and AVP? Apparently some here seem to think so
I am flabbergasted haha, are you answering with Apple Intelligence or something?
Also, there is no real choice. Both options are inferior, just one is also inferiour to the other.
I think the group that is critical of Apple Parenting, but still conceive it a better choice than Android is more significant than the group you put forward.
To be clear I'm not seeing that argument here very often. Far from it. Apple has been around long enough to set a high bar for itself. In 20 years we've witnessed what their brilliance, properly brought to bear on technology, can yield. People love the products but know, based on experience, they could be better than the current leadership allows for. Why should those people who are arguably Apple's longest-standing advocates sit down and be quiet? You're saying that group shouldn't have a voice or seat at the table and settle for some lesser thing in service of what exactly? Not pointing out flaws? Being dissatisfied with the present state of affairs when compared to a long and wondrous history filled with the best that technology can be? People around long enough, with a view to the long game want Apple to be better. They suck right now and still manage to be the best, imagine what they could do with better leadership and without all these self- owns. This situation is all sorts of shades of grey, and not the black and white you make it out to be
If my criteria was getting a sandwhich, but I'd have to break my legs for it, I am choosing the alternative. Personally, I don't have a main criterion, I have a range of criteria.
The main proponents of this whole argument about, "don't like it leave" lack any sort of nuance.
They tried that already. Remember Rapid Security Responses? They must have coded themselves into a corner because they only tried it twice (the first was pulled and they had to re-release).
What your criterion are is not what mine are, which is the point. Can’t dismiss my hypothetical criteria.
The beautiful thing about options, is you don’t have to care a flying flippo about my criteria (I know you don't care anyhow, otherwise you'd understood by now why, for me and others, it is not just simply choosing one over the other solely on the basis of app store freedom).
Anyway, soon enough, I predict, more governments are going to implement regulation similar to the DMA. You see Japan and the UK discussing it, Brazil forcing Apple to sideloading (if I remember correctly). Let me also add that Apple is laying at the feet of the CCP as well.