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asalardu2311on Tim Cook: Users Who Want to Sideload Apps Can Use Android

Like politics, the two mobile choices seem to cover about 90% of American’s beliefs.

In other words: you’ll have to pry my iPhone out of my cold, dead, hands.

asalardu2311on Tim Cook: Users Who Want to Sideload Apps Can Use Android

“ You should demand it from the OS capabilities regardless of where the app comes from.”

That sounds like a quote from Tim Cook. Seriously though, if the commenter is happy with Apple and how it fits their work patterns then why do you need to call them out? I’m consistently confused about the mental horsepower spent on this debate when the solution is really simple: if you don’t like a product, don’t buy it. I think Tesla’s look lame, so I don’t own one. I don’t like Twinkies, so I don’t buy them.

I guess my point is - wuu saa

asalardu2311on Tim Cook: Users Who Want to Sideload Apps Can Use Android

Apple meets all of my needs for most of my routine life activities and I have a rack of servers for my other stuff. The weird Apple philosophy debate has always confused me as to why people expend so much mental effort arguing about.

asalardu2311on Tim Cook: Users Who Want to Sideload Apps Can Use Android

Why does the commenter need to reconcile this? Their desire of using Apple doesn’t mean they need to all apps to run on it. Personally, I’m not a gamer and don’t care about Fortnite availability nor their cost of doing business on Apple. If Apple banned an app I cared enough to use, I’d probably vote with my dollars and change platforms.