On: Apple rejects Puffin Browser on iOS

[candiodari]

That's the thing I miss most about Microsoft's dominance though : no walled garden.

Now apple has a heavy handed walled garden, and Google has a heavy-handed one (chrome/chromeos) and a "light" one, in android. All ... well, suck.

[tonyedgecombe → candiodari]

If Microsoft thought they could get away with a walled garden then they would do it in a flash.

[tapoxi → tonyedgecombe]

They're trying that with Windows 10 S.

[candiodari → tapoxi]

Sort of.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/application-managem...

So it's similar to Google's Android, although with the caveat that it's much easier for companies to have sideloaded company apps.