Way I see it, my iPhone is a pocket version of my Mac.
The thing is, you can install software from whatever source you like on your Mac. That’s not true of your iPhone - even in the EU and Japan where they’ve been forced to open up a little, apps can only be installed with Apple’s permission.
Macs were completely open in that regard until recently. You could install apps from wherever you want. Now, Mac apps have to be notarized by Apple or installing them requires use of the command line. That’s obnoxious, but the user still has the final say, unlike the iPhone.
“You can’t install whatever software you want” is a good argument, but I haven’t found anything I want to install on my iPhone that I can’t. At one point it was emulators, but Apple overturned that a few years ago. I have an emulator on my iPhone, and it’s one of the best (Delta; if you say RetroArch is better, I don’t disagree, but I could get that, too). But I almost never play it. That’s entirely my choice. My use case scenario doesn’t need me installing any apps that aren’t in the App Store.
Not that I don’t have a problem with the App Store. It’s mostly trash. They don’t highlight good apps, they highlight profitable apps, which means subscriptions. App Store is virtually 100% trash, and its recommendations are 100% trash.
The thing is, you can install software from whatever source you like on your Mac. That’s not true of your iPhone - even in the EU and Japan where they’ve been forced to open up a little, apps can only be installed with Apple’s permission.
Macs were completely open in that regard until recently. You could install apps from wherever you want. Now, Mac apps have to be notarized by Apple or installing them requires use of the command line. That’s obnoxious, but the user still has the final say, unlike the iPhone.
“You can’t install whatever software you want” is a good argument, but I haven’t found anything I want to install on my iPhone that I can’t. At one point it was emulators, but Apple overturned that a few years ago. I have an emulator on my iPhone, and it’s one of the best (Delta; if you say RetroArch is better, I don’t disagree, but I could get that, too). But I almost never play it. That’s entirely my choice. My use case scenario doesn’t need me installing any apps that aren’t in the App Store.
Not that I don’t have a problem with the App Store. It’s mostly trash. They don’t highlight good apps, they highlight profitable apps, which means subscriptions. App Store is virtually 100% trash, and its recommendations are 100% trash.
I love my Mac. I can install all kinds of cool software, as my Mac has been upgraded to only run Linux Mint.😉