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Originally Posted by 04Stefan07
That's one of the reasons why I chose android over iOS for a tablet. iOS has too many restrictions (which is basically what Apple is all about) whereas android you can go crazy!
Two companies with two different philosophies.
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iOS = walled garden, Android = share everything
Security vs convenience is always a challenge in corporate IT. Apple believes in security through lock-down, apps can only share what they allow them to share and don't have any shared space where any potentially "risky" data can be kept that could taint other apps or the OS itself. It's the traditional UNIX way. Apple's approach to the shared folder is sticking it in their iCloud service. Does the same thing and it works really well.
But I also think it's partly a generational thing...Apple's paranoia about secrecy and privacy is very middle-aged, whereas giving up all your personal data and information to the advertising overlord and/or FB is much more a youngster approach. Maybe it's just my random sample of the people I know, but I know more people (obviously, middle aged or thereabouts!) who don't want their whole life out there for all to see, they don't want their emails trawled to provide better banner ads, they just want to get on with their lives with the minimal amount of fuss and hassle. Philosophical indeed.