• Iunnrais@lemm.ee
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    5 hours ago

    I actually have seen the closed garden nature of Apple be listed amongst its attractive features between laypeople. There’s no fiddly bits, everything is simplified, almost no configuration required, and the closed garden means there’s some implied quality control going on. For people for whom computers and technology is scary, the closed garden is a feature, not a bug.

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        23 minutes ago

        I absolutely and completely agree with you. I’m just saying, my aging mother does not. Having the option, to her, would make the iPhone a far inferior product. She is not alone in her opinion.

        • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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          10 minutes ago

          I just don’t understand that. It doesn’t add any complexity, you can literally ignore it. In fact, I’m guessing most Android users don’t know you can install apps outside the Play Store, so that’s an example of it literally not mattering if you don’t want to use that feature.