This isn’t in contrast to Android. That’s just a matter of usability.
It’s in contrast to the openness of the platform people seem to be demanding from Apple. Current Android is obviously not open enough for them, so it’s not a valid as a point of comparison.
Yup - the suicide nets story is pure disinformation. Yes they had nets, but the suicide rate at the factory before the nets were installed was lower than of students at US colleges.
> tech people who learned to program because their 8088 was completely open and free to let you actually create things and learn about computing, so many of you will defend this terrible situation.
There is nothing terrible about Apple making devices my 80+ year old mother can safely and easily use.
I have a Mac, and I also have Linux machines. Nothing is stopping people learning about computers.
Why would anyone spend $1000 on a computer from Apple if it’s not what they want?
Yeah yeah. But that doesn’t mean it’s not a publishing platform. If you don’t think Twitter is about public conversation then you take a look at it for yourself some time.