I deal with weird stuff my parents have installed on their Macs every time I visit… so far I haven’t had to do that with their phones. If I wanted them to use a Firefox browser engine on their phone I’d get them an Android.
It's only because Apple's legal wrangling failed that Android even exists today.
So maybe people want their parents to avoid getting scammed or having their money stolen from their accounts.
Which sorta makes me wonder why these “actual hackers” even bother to care about iOS.
You're also welcome not to buy a phone for your parents. It would be disingenuous for me to suggest you actually do so, because we all make choices under duress or with limited options.
I’m glad I don’t have to while it remains outside the US. And I’m glad I don’t have to deal with it on my own phone, even if I’m better equipped to deal with it. And I’m glad people are still free to change to different browser engines inside the US without the law.
Expecting Apple to escape broader antitrust scrutiny is a pipe dream. You should probably plan accordingly.
What did I say that made you think I was unprepared for Apple to have to do this in the US?
I’m glad I don’t have to deal with it on my own phone
Thankfully it is only a bad law in the European UnionI remember how few Mac viruses there were back in the 90's vs. the PC platform. I don't think it had anything to do with System 7 security. ;-)
I'm not sure though if it wouldn't in fact hurt Apple's brand to give up the fight and instead install a big lever you can throw when you set up your iOS device that says, "Turn off security". Apple seems to be saying instead, you have choice — buy an Android.
I've never owned an Android though so I can say, is it rife with malware and other security compromises? Is the platform as hardened as iOS? Or it another case where the market is not as appealing as the iOS market to malware developers?
I suspect my dad is just clicking anything that gets in the way of his puzzle games. Not sure what gets mom.