[Tommstein]

> This cannot be repeated enough. It’s harmful to almost everyone to allow sideloading on iPhone. Power without the knowledge to use it responsibly results in actual real world harm. This may sound paternalistic but it’s what it is. I’m all in for a developer mode with a knowledge/competency check, choke full of warnings, make the user wait x days before it is enabled, whatever. But don’t allow it, not in a way a scammer could tell my grandma “oh yes we need to use that feature behind the warning to refund the funds to your bank account, now please tap accept…”

Most people don't want to live in a lowest common denominator world dumbed down to the point where even the stupidest/most gullible person one could ever imagine can't possibly screw up.

[Aerbil313]

> Most people don't want to live in a lowest common denominator world

Most of the HN crowd may indeed be like that. Meanwhile the rest of the world wants devices easy to understand and use, devices that get out of their way as much as possible.

I’d even argue Apple’s design decisions forcing everyone to use their devices The Right Way (tm) is beneficial to even devs, by preventing the technically possible but slightly non-optimal use cases devolving into increasingly unoptimal hacky and clunky use cases, creating tension between the design of the product and what it’s used for, leading to dissatisfaction. Apple devices proactively resist being used outside of their purpose, and this is a good thing. It provides a clear mental model to the user for what it is and what it does, resulting in peace of mind (low cognitive load).

I know this is controversial but whatever, I don’t care.