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0 pointsappleausssse5y ago0 comments

It really is, and the problem is ubiquitous across app categories.

Here's another example: you cannot selectively block JavaScript in an iOS browser.

On Android/MacOS/Windows/Linux, you can use a browser extension like Noscript to only run trusted or necessary JS.

Safari only provides a coarse on/off toggle, and Apple forbids any browser that does not use their proprietary WebKit framework. None of the App Store content blockers allow seamless fine-grained control like every other platform supports.

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zepto5y ago· 2 in thread

None of this has anything to do with why the iPad and iPhone are not good for desktop style professional apps.

You list a bunch of ‘examples’ - but what are they examples of? Nobody disputes that Apple controls iOS.

appleausssseOP5y ago

They are examples of how Apple's policy decisions stifle competition and result in a worse product for consumers.

Apple's devices cannot adequately protect my privacy, because of their efforts to prevent competitors from making products in any of the markets that they participate in.

zepto5y ago

> They are examples of how Apple's policy decisions stifle competition and result in a worse product for consumers.

No they aren’t. They are just statements about iOS’s design. You don’t make any case for how they make a anything worse.

> Apple's devices cannot adequately protect my privacy, because of their efforts to prevent competitors from making products in any of the markets that they participate in.

This paragraph is gibberish. You might want to edit it.

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