The point is not that everyone should, it's that some people who want to, should be able to. Phones are quite powerful and can be excellent web servers on a budget.
But now you’re talking about a niche enough audience, that existing ways of running a web server on your phone are fine, and they’ll jump over the proverbial hurdle.
This still doesn’t remove the issue with running a server via mobile connectivity. Especially when there’s free options, or inexpensive options that won’t run up your mobile data bills.
And this is a terrible argument IMO. The idea of “It’s my device, it’s my right to do exactly what I want with it” is beyond dead and buried. There are lots of things people want to do with their devices that Apple doesn’t let them do. That’s literally been Apple’s philosophy for decades and at this point it shouldn’t be surprising.
Buy the Pinephone if you absolutely have some arcane use-case you can’t live without.
It’s not a terrible take. I want the features Apple decides are best for the iPhone because I prefer their philosophy to the idea of some device with unlimited options and settings.
> I want the features Apple decides are best for the iPhone because I prefer their philosophy to the idea of some device with unlimited options and settings.
Okay, then you've got me confused. Apple decided years ago to allow applications to bind to port 80 and run a personal website on their phones.
Does that mean you want Apple to change something or not? Because Apple decided their devices should be able to serve anything on "privileged" ports.
> "I don't need this so nobody should have it" is a terrible take
The opposite opinion that you seem to advocate is equally terrible -- "I want it so everyone should accept it" (which is the title of the post). How about you go advocate for a phone that supports it, says a Linux phone, and if it takes off and Apple/Google adopt it, then we can have it without this tiresome debate?
It's been philosophy, but looks like Apple will allow sideload bc of EU. And since this will be allowed(imo running unverified apps is much more dangerous) why not treat the server thing the same way?
