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Uh, that is about iPad, so Apple's walled garden didn't help.

And kids shouldn't be able to buy things with their parents' cards, which is something completely unrelated to a platform being open or not.



The problem is that once you go down the streets dressed as a Batman to do justice, you'll find a villian dressed as a penguin

Apple store is not more secure because it's a walled garden, people will always find other ways to scam other people

Apple could just make sideload possible declining responsibility

It doesn't sound very hard to me, for a company like Apple which employ some of the best talents in the World


Right but i do not think it is really about Apple having responsibility - it is about Apple being in control.

For example, see how Apple is in total control on when iOS devices are obsolete by requiring some minimum version. You can't keep your device usable and useful by installing a program that supports it from another source, you can only install it from Apple and Apple's requirements limit the iOS versions you can target.




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