The owner of a device should have the final say. The way a lot of this is set up basically deprives the owner of one of their core property rights, in particular the right of exclusion. Instead, in many systems the decision about what software to include or exclude is made cryptographically by a third party rather than by the device’s owner. I don’t think we should support limiting people’s property rights for “safety” or other reasons. iOS is probably one the worst in this regard and it sad to see android moving more and more towards this direction.
I have posted multiple times before that this effectively limits people’s property rights. Here are some other posts I have made on the subject:
* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39349288
* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39236853
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