on 2013-02-17 1:40 Larry Colen wrote
On Feb 16, 2013, at 11:07 PM, steve harley wrote:
on 2013-02-14 16:47 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote
This is because iOS does not support external file systems, which
cannot be sandboxed. A sandboxed file system promotes security and
minimizes virus attacks, particularly important in mobile devices.
iOS does support external file systems, just in specific limited ways; one can
copy certain types of files from an SD card _to_ an iOS device (which is the
direction with security implications), but not _from_ the iOS device back to an
SD card (or other storage)
i can't fathom any security explanation for this restriction
The security of the cash flow to the iTunes store.
If you could copy songs off of your iOS device, you could share them with
friends more easily, and they wouldn't have to give money to Apple to buy the
songs themselves.
good thought, that could be a factor in the lack of a generally open file
system; but within the narrower scope of what you can copy to the iOS device
(only image files, and only to the sandboxed file store for specific apps),
there'd be no such threat from being able to copy the same files in the
opposite direction
more likely it's a desire to manage the user experience, though it means
forcing users to copy via iTunes, which is far from the best of Apple's UX work
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