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That's a false dichotomy.

I can have the coice of alternative apps stores AND still enjoy a curated wallet garden.

How do I know it works? Android is precisely like that.

You see Android users also like the choice of a curated system. Choice being the important word here.



Not everyone who purchases a phone is the end user. If I'm buying a device for my organization or for a child, I might not want the device to enable that choice at runtime. I want to make the choice at the time of purchase.


Don't worry. Restricting what's allowed in a company owned iPhone already exists throughout MDM. And that won't change because it's not your device after all.

https://it-training.apple.com/tutorials/deployment/dm005


I'm aware of MDMs, I administer one. That 50% addresses my comment, but also, MDMs are third party solutions.

Regardless, my point is that opinionatedness is a feature that some people buy, even if many people on this forum don't.

e.g. people might prefer to eat at a nice prix fixe restaurant instead of the Cheesecake Factory.


Um. Seems like even in this general thread, the Android ecosystem is considered worse than the Apple walled garden. That's a weird claim to make.


I don't believe I made that claim. On the contrary.




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