The case about walled gardesn is the same old argument but in new clothes.
Every so often, someone comes along and says that people don't know what is good for them, so its better that someone decide for them rather to let "them" decide.
Sometimes it happens in politics, and we get dictatorships. Sometimes it happen in the market, and we get illegal monopolies. Sometimes it happen with the police force, and we get a police state. Sometimes it happens in crime, and we get mafias. Sometimes it happens in families, and we get forced marriages. And sometimes it happen with software, and we get walled gardens.
Deciding for people by removing all choices are not "a better way". We just tend to forget what the cost are of losing the ability to choice for our self. Its that, or we are just saying that all software around us is just of such small importance that being allowed to decide your own fate is not an important thing.
Indeed its a matter of basic education really: most people don't know about spammers or how well organized they are but the moment they learn about their tactics they catch on quick and stop falling for link bait blogs and comment spam.
Better that than not being able to install what you want because "the garden protects us!"
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The case about walled gardesn is the same old argument but in new clothes.
Every so often, someone comes along and says that people don't know what is good for them, so its better that someone decide for them rather to let "them" decide.
Sometimes it happens in politics, and we get dictatorships. Sometimes it happen in the market, and we get illegal monopolies. Sometimes it happen with the police force, and we get a police state. Sometimes it happens in crime, and we get mafias. Sometimes it happens in families, and we get forced marriages. And sometimes it happen with software, and we get walled gardens.
Deciding for people by removing all choices are not "a better way". We just tend to forget what the cost are of losing the ability to choice for our self. Its that, or we are just saying that all software around us is just of such small importance that being allowed to decide your own fate is not an important thing.
Indeed its a matter of basic education really: most people don't know about spammers or how well organized they are but the moment they learn about their tactics they catch on quick and stop falling for link bait blogs and comment spam.
Better that than not being able to install what you want because "the garden protects us!"