That’s been Apple’s entire M.O. since their beginning. It’s why they brought GUIs to the desktop in the early 80s, and retain such tight control over their designs. If there is a chance a user could become lost, misconfigure, or break something, they default to locking it down.
They turn computing devices into toasters that Grandma can operate.
While this is true, when I still used macOS, I simply learnt to use the terminal. It’s unix like so it’s not that hard. Allows you far more freedom. They basically lock away anything remotely difficult behind the terminal so that it scares off casual users. Basic stuff? GUI. Anything more difficult? Terminal.
I think apple’s software is excellent. Certainly better than windows in many ways.
The hardware and how they treat customers when things break due to poor design? That’s another matter.
Android has encryption by default, good sandboxing, ability to install a more secure OS (if OEM doesn’t suck), etc.
The only thing iOS has going for it is that it treats the users like babies and doesn’t allow sideloading
That’s been Apple’s entire M.O. since their beginning. It’s why they brought GUIs to the desktop in the early 80s, and retain such tight control over their designs. If there is a chance a user could become lost, misconfigure, or break something, they default to locking it down.
They turn computing devices into toasters that Grandma can operate.
While this is true, when I still used macOS, I simply learnt to use the terminal. It’s unix like so it’s not that hard. Allows you far more freedom. They basically lock away anything remotely difficult behind the terminal so that it scares off casual users. Basic stuff? GUI. Anything more difficult? Terminal.
I think apple’s software is excellent. Certainly better than windows in many ways.
The hardware and how they treat customers when things break due to poor design? That’s another matter.