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I consider my phone to be my property. Typically, other people or corporations can't make changes to my property without my permission.

I guess by "mobile infrastructure" you can extend that to "every phone," in which case why not remotely remove programs from PCs as well? Why not just say outright that the coalition of your local government plus Apple/Microsoft own your computer, rather than you?

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic and advocating free software, or openly advocating for autocratic computer systems management.

(This is of course what RMS has been saying for literally decades, but for the people on HN who disagree with RMS, ... told you so.)

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> other people or corporations can't make changes to my property without my permission.

IANAL but it seems you have given permission:

  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Apple and its principals reserve the right to change, suspend, remove, or disable access to any App and Book Products, content, or other materials comprising a part of the App and Book Services at any time without notice. In no event will Apple be liable for making these changes.

http://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/us/terms...

Well, I use an Android phone, but regardless, I've never given anyone permission. Maybe in a legal sense someone could claim that, but that's irrelevant to what's actually happened.

Stop letting game-riggers dictate your view of reality.

Tolerating is not the same as agreeing. There is no meaningful alternative to allowing app deletion.

If this is really a problem for you, here's a solution:

1. Get a Nexus phone.

2. Flash to a custom ROM.

3. Don't flash Google Apps.

4. Sideload APKs or use an alternative store.

5. Enjoy.

The reason you can't have everything is that the app devs and most people prefer the store situation. If this is a particular problem for you, there will be sacrifices.

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic and advocating free software, or openly advocating for autocratic computer systems management

I am basically saying that the market can support both but is trending toward user acceptance of the latter. All those EULAs out there are the agreements that make all this possible. If people rejected those terms then we wouldn't be in this pickle.

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