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<blockquote data-quote="kiran6680" data-source="post: 2512636" data-attributes="member: 91963"><p>Ok, I've not been keeping in touch with iOS advancements, but for about 10 years I'm doing these things with Android, which seemed impossible with iOS those days : </p><p></p><p>1. I've been using kernel level (IPtables) firewall to prevent a huge majority of apps (inbuilt as well as installed apps) from accessing internet completely. And for LAN networking apps like VNC, SSH, RDP etc. I stop them from going beyond LAN.*</p><p></p><p>2. I store "contacts" in my phone, but not as official contacts list but in another app. During incoming calls, my special contacts are just overlaid on top of incoming calls screen so I know who is calling, but the OS and contact-reading-apps know nothing. This is because many apps read contacts and try to steal my "connections" information to see whom I am connected to. This includes the highest tier of software companies, which will easily pass Apple's or even NSA's scrutiny.</p><p></p><p>3. iOS charged developers yearly $100 if I remember correctly, whereas Android charged one time $25. Open source apps by themselves don't get us much, but an app with vibrant community gives assurance that shady things are not happening without being noticed. So the community with Android apps used to be much much more vibrant than on iOS, where app developers used to go just to make money.</p><p>Software is like s*x - free is insanely better than paid. For the same 2 reasons</p><p>A. Payment for such intimate relationships like software and human body just doesn't work.</p><p>B. Viruses.</p><p>And despos do go for paid, but the "free" enthusiasts look down upon them in both the cases. Not sure why only one of them is illegal in lots of jurisdictions.</p><p></p><p>4. I do succumb to pressure to install stupid games / apps for kids, while not having enough time to research. And employers have forced me to install spyware like Whatsapp, Skype, Salesforce to "keep in touch". It used to be trivial to let the spyware run only until I need, and then stop them from being able to run however hard they try. This was using chmod, work profile, etc.</p><p></p><p>Has iOS improved in these regards ?</p><p></p><p></p><p>That's not how you measure it. Twice in about 15 years of using Android, I've "sideloaded" apps but then I used those apps for about 6 years, so the productivity is 6/15 = 40%, rather than 2/(365.27*15) = 3.65 * 10^(-2) %.</p><p>Both the times it was the question of power. Once the app was kicked out from Play Store due to Google's policies, and once app developer didn't want to pay the 30% commission to Google. Both the times I paid separately to the app developer, they gave me the APK, that I sideloaded. And yes, pirated versions of the app were available both the times, but I didn't get those.</p><p></p><p>* Even on Android, for some years I've been unable to force apps to go through my VPN in certain situations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kiran6680, post: 2512636, member: 91963"] Ok, I've not been keeping in touch with iOS advancements, but for about 10 years I'm doing these things with Android, which seemed impossible with iOS those days : 1. I've been using kernel level (IPtables) firewall to prevent a huge majority of apps (inbuilt as well as installed apps) from accessing internet completely. And for LAN networking apps like VNC, SSH, RDP etc. I stop them from going beyond LAN.* 2. I store "contacts" in my phone, but not as official contacts list but in another app. During incoming calls, my special contacts are just overlaid on top of incoming calls screen so I know who is calling, but the OS and contact-reading-apps know nothing. This is because many apps read contacts and try to steal my "connections" information to see whom I am connected to. This includes the highest tier of software companies, which will easily pass Apple's or even NSA's scrutiny. 3. iOS charged developers yearly $100 if I remember correctly, whereas Android charged one time $25. Open source apps by themselves don't get us much, but an app with vibrant community gives assurance that shady things are not happening without being noticed. So the community with Android apps used to be much much more vibrant than on iOS, where app developers used to go just to make money. Software is like s*x - free is insanely better than paid. For the same 2 reasons A. Payment for such intimate relationships like software and human body just doesn't work. B. Viruses. And despos do go for paid, but the "free" enthusiasts look down upon them in both the cases. Not sure why only one of them is illegal in lots of jurisdictions. 4. I do succumb to pressure to install stupid games / apps for kids, while not having enough time to research. And employers have forced me to install spyware like Whatsapp, Skype, Salesforce to "keep in touch". It used to be trivial to let the spyware run only until I need, and then stop them from being able to run however hard they try. This was using chmod, work profile, etc. Has iOS improved in these regards ? That's not how you measure it. Twice in about 15 years of using Android, I've "sideloaded" apps but then I used those apps for about 6 years, so the productivity is 6/15 = 40%, rather than 2/(365.27*15) = 3.65 * 10^(-2) %. Both the times it was the question of power. Once the app was kicked out from Play Store due to Google's policies, and once app developer didn't want to pay the 30% commission to Google. Both the times I paid separately to the app developer, they gave me the APK, that I sideloaded. And yes, pirated versions of the app were available both the times, but I didn't get those. * Even on Android, for some years I've been unable to force apps to go through my VPN in certain situations. [/QUOTE]
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