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Originally Posted by Worldwalker
I think it's a perfect example of the Apple vs. non-Apple mentality.
Apple: If we let people have choices, they might make bad ones!
PC/Linux/etc.: You're a grown-up, go ahead and brick your system if you want to.
Personally, I prefer the freedom to make my own choices, knowing that the price of this freedom is eternal vigilance and good anti-malware programs. Obviously there are plenty of people who want to be taken care of. But wouldn't an "Apple Approved" tag in the App Store be sufficient for them? Does it have to be made impossible for them to do anything that Apple doesn't sanction?
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One of the issues with that is that a misbehaving app could break not itself, but other apps running on the system, leading to issues for their developers. I really, really like the "approval" process for the App Store. It's not a guarantee of quality (there's some utter rubbish on offer) but it is a guarantee that the app doesn't do anything undesirable on the system, such as use unpublished APIs. That latter is a real benefit for the consumer, since it minimizes the chance of an app breaking as a result of a firmware update.