And there should also be the right to be able to opt out of the manufacturers' protections of course.
> There are many ways to protect security, leaving all your keys in the hands of one party is not the only one.
When youre dealing with idiots its a bit harder than you might expect. Tons of idiots own phones and if apple allowed them to be the victim of security vulnerabilities they get terrible pr.
In reality the victim is the first being blamed, the driver second and the government third
I'm skeptical. A robust permission model limiting the damage an ill-behaved app was surely part of it, as was the existence of a curated app store. The relative rarity of people directly installing apps on Android suggests Apple didn't really need to force the use of that curated store.
Or worse, blow them up.