I’m still not seeing the difference between an iPhone and Xbox. They’re both controlling what software you can run on their systems, why are people complaining about one but not the other?
Because iPhones are the primary computer for hundreds of millions of people, and Xboxes are toys that some people have in their living rooms. It's not hard to believe that people have a right to control their computers and consider the situations with both devices bad, but to be far far more concerned about the iPhone.
I don’t where you’ve been the last couple of decades, but plenty of people complain about software restrictions on gaming consoles. There was a whole era when console games were even region-locked, and that fucking sucked…
Microsoft does not regularly make the front page of HN because they don’t allow side loading. Apple does.
It’s a disingenuous argument.
Because the number of people on HN who think they will become a billionaire if Apple let everyone install their app is much greater than the people who think the same about Xbox.