• Zak@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    45
    ·
    2 months ago

    The whole tech world saw Microsoft Palladium as a nightmare scenario, but was quiet ten years later when Apple and Google did the same thing to our phones. That was a mistake.

    • jbk
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      2 months ago

      Maybe everyone was just OK with mobile devices being locked down heavily from the start, and now it’s more or less the same level for most

      • Zak@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        2 months ago

        We had several years of Android that mostly wasn’t. Now it’s hard work to get Android that isn’t.

        • jbk
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          2 months ago

          idk tbh, SafetyNet / Play Integrity have existed for a while

          • Zak@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            2 months ago

            Since 2014, but Android had already been out for six years at that point.