By removing the headphone jack, Apple made the iPhone 7 the most closed computer it has ever built. Steve Jobs always seemed interested in hiding the gross underbelly of computers away from consumers, and Apple has been moving in that direction for years with the iPhone, iPad and Mac.
That's only from a hardware perspective, though. With iOS 10 now in the hands of iPhone owners everywhere, it's worth stepping back and appreciating how much more open iOS is now than it was three years ago. iOS 7 may have ushered in a huge visual overhaul, but it was nearly as locked down as the previous versions, but the next year Apple started opening things up. By now, iOS is nearly as open as Android -- at least in ways that matter to most users.
The iPhone's hardware may be closed, but iOS is more open than ever posted first on http://ift.tt/1tUdcCk
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