> If you sell a general-purpose computing device and market it as one, you should relinquish any control of it once it's sold.
The freedoms we have, and the freedom that should be protected is market choice to buy or not buy any consumer product.
If you don’t like Apple, don’t buy its products and purchase a device from a large number of competitors. It is really that simple.
There is no rule that consumers have a right to do anything. You are not guaranteed a right to install a Windows app on your iPhone, or iPhone apps on Windows. You aren’t guaranteed that your coffee machine can run Python.
> iOS is a fantastic operating system. iPhone and iPad are stellar hardware with brilliant physical UX. Apple Watch is leagues beyond anything else in its class. I will keep buying Apple stuff until I can't anymore.
People want Apple’s quality, reliability and performance, but also want no restrictions so they can run any app and install anything.
Those things aren’t compatible.
E.g., Windows and Linux (Desktop distros) don’t have many restrictions. But they can be unreliable.
If a user is at a conference or on an online meeting and they mention your company to another user, they will likely have to spell the name out. Just hearing the name, it would be hard to know how to spell/search for it.
It is also not very memorable. A month later if I wanted to recall the name of your company I would likely have a bit of a hard time recalling the exact name.
I run Linux on a few dozen servers currently and have been using it for at least 20 years.
However, I can’t imagine running it as my primary desktop OS.
Reading these posts about the hassle and battles it takes to get a desktop linux OS running sounds like madness to me.
And the end result is usually not entirely stable, and often involves many tradeoffs like trackpads not working correctly or trying to print causing WIFI to drop.
A good operating should Get Out Of The Way, so you can work, build, create, explore, play.
Honest question: do you run Linux OS primarily because it is the best OS for you, or do you run it more because you identify with the philosophy and ethos of open source software? (Both options are completely fine.)
that’s not cool. Tricking computer users who may not be familiar with this command and which could cause data loss with real world repercussions (lost company data, lost treasured family photos etc) is not cool or funny.
For those unfamiliar with this command, it may completely remove all files from your system, resulting in a broken and unrecoverable system.
A lot of the criticism of this article seems to be: “If they already have access to your local file system, you already have bigger problems”
What about defence in depth?
This article is suggesting an alternative, which are password managers such as 1Password. These Password managers do not suffer from the same weak key storage as the browser’s build-in password managers.
So this article is bringing attention to a weakness in the browser’s built-in password managers, and suggesting a very viable and easy-to-adopt solution.