(February 23, 2016 at 12:14 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: People that like the fact that there's one Alarm Clock app on iOS and that fucker works are going to love Apple. I happen to love the fact that there are 250 alarm clock apps on Google Play, and I can choose the one that has the best GUI for my taste and has the right customizations and behaviors.
Erm...I just did a search for "Alarm Clock" in the App Store and I get hundreds of results. Just because Apple has a native Alarm Clock app installed by default doesn't mean there aren't alternatives: https://fnd.io/#/us/search?mediaType=ios...rm%20clock
(February 23, 2016 at 12:24 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: I don't dislike their products per se, but I do very much dislike their walled garden approach to apps on IOS. Pretty much the same complaints as SC.
Don't get me wrong, there's a market for the walled garden, it just doesn't include me.
The walled garden approach means that there is way less malware in the App Store than in Google Play: https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-ne...droid.aspx
Also, the permissions system for iOS is far superior to that of Google's. An iOS app by default has basic permissions enabled, and any extra permissions it wants (e.g. camera / microphone access, location services, etc.) it has to request from the user when they use the app. A user can deny these permissions at any time, and even rescind them if they make the wrong choice. An Android app gives a list of permissions it wants when the app is installed, and a user has to accept all of them in order to install the app. I hear that the next Android OS will have a system more like iOS, which is a good move, but it's coming way too late.
The unfortunate reality is, smart phones aren't the same as personal computers, and whilst it would be great to allow people to download apps from Safari and install them, people just don't treat their phones the same as computers just yet, and aren't as concerned about malware as they should be. Phones are perhaps more valuable malware targets than any personal computer system, because they are almost always on and connected to the Internet, they have cameras, and they often have very easy routes to a lot of personal information (emails, banking apps, etc.)
Walled garden approaches suck on PCs, but they make *perfect* sense on phones...for now.
