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rootusrootus • today at 4:05 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Mostly, though, it is not true lock-in, as in they mostly don't force you to do things their way. They encourage it, make the features pretty seamless to use, etc, so that you want to stay in their system, but they generally permit you to use whatever tools you want.


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xigoi • today at 4:21 PM

On an iPad/iPhone, you are not allowed to install apps not approved by Apple.

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gumby271 • today at 4:10 PM

Agreed, it's the bare minimum to keep them out of trouble usually.