after 15 years, iOS has finally caught up with all the main android features, such as
- very mid ui design
- kinda floaty feeling
- unpolished vibe android itself has progressed little, although it is rapidly achieving feature parity with iOS on "locked down user hostility". overall both ecosystems look very appealing, energetic, and healthy, for shareholders
Meaning it's not Wild West, apps need to be approved to be listed and consumers are generally able to trust what they install.
That is becoming less true due people being entrenched in one ecosystem or the other.
That is regulating a market....
Fixing it via regulation would require accountability and transpency. To sell on a goveerenment marketplace app developers would need an actual real life human to put their name on a line saying they're responsible if the app turns out to be malware.
Like, there's regulations for products already, you can't sell fire extinguishers to people that are filled with gasoline. You shouldn't be able to offer an app that will steal your identity or creditionals to other apps/sites.
Like, youre acting like words only mean one thing bro, you need to open your eyes and don't just always assume everything is what you first assume.
You can already write a desktop app to do all that malware stuff. Why give the phones and tablets special treatment?
Personally I like the iPhone and the App Store for the reason that it does go through some basic checks.
But as a dev, sometimes I just want to run my own shit on my own phone without hassle. (Yes I know there is dev mode. I don’t want to constantly run my main phone in dev mode just so I can run my own apps.)
And if you sold it thru a regulated marketplace, you could be held responsible...
They shouldn't...
If I said habitual drunk drivers shouldn't be able to have a driver's license, what you just did is like asking why someone who does 2 grams of Fentanyl everyday should be able to keep theirs...
I understand what you're saying, and I agree...
I just don't know why you assumed I wouldn't agree bud
Not to be the analogy police but anyone who does 2 grams of fentanyl a day would be very very dead on the first day. That’s enough to kill about a hundred people.
Yes...
It was an exaggeration for effect, highlighting how while malware apps were a problem, desktop programs containing malware were even worse....
So obviously we wouldn't just look at one slice of the pie.
We'd start regulating all digital products and holding people accountable.
I mean shit man, I started out with:
Obviously no one is doing that either, but selling fire extinguishers you know don't work still isn't allowed. Consumers need a regulated market or else they won't spend because they think they'll always be ripped off. We're already seeing it to some extent.