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>>robin_+(OP)
I find it so frustrating that Lockdown Mode is so all-or-nothing.

I want some of the lockdown stuff (No facetime and message attachments from strangers, no link previews, no device connections), but like half of the other ones I don't want.

Why can't I just toggle an iMessage setting for "no link preview, no attachments", or a general setting for "no automatic device connection to untrusted computers while locked"? Why can't I turn off "random dickpicks from strangers on iMessage" without also turning off my browser's javascript JIT and a bunch of other random crap?

Sure, leave the "Lockdown mode" toggle so people who just want "give me all the security" can get it, but split out individual options too.

Just to go through the features I don't want:

* Lockdown Mode disables javascript JIT in the browser - I want fast javascript, I use some websites and apps that cannot function without it, and non-JIT js drains battery more

* Shared photo albums - I'm okay viewing shared photo albums from friends, but lockdown mode prevents you from even viewing them

* Configuration profiles - I need this to install custom fonts

Apple's refusal to split out more granular options here hurts my security.

>>TheDon+Or
>* Lockdown Mode disables javascript JIT in the browser - I want fast javascript, I use some websites and apps that cannot function without it, and non-JIT js drains battery more

This feature has the benefit of teaching users (correctly) that browsing the internet on a phone has always been a terrible idea.

>>everdr+rW
I'll bite. Why is it so terrible? I'm browsing this site right now on my phone and don't see the horror.

>>rantin+g71
No keyboard, no mouse, tiny screen. Every single action you'd like to take is slower and more cumbersome. Want to selection a portion of a URL? Well, get ready for an adventure. Tap the URL bar once, then -- oops, now it thinks you want to copy. You can't tap the individual sections. Try to move the little "copy bars" but oops, the press didn't register because they're tiny. Spend about a minute randomly pressing the URL bar until you can actually get the behavior your want. Or, try to switch tabs. It's not hard per se, but it's an order off magnitude slower than ctrl+tab. Or search within a page. Can you just hit ctrl+g and start typing and then press ctrl+g again? No, no, you need to enter a menu, enter a submenu, then wait for the onscreen keyboard to show up, then glide your finger over that with a few corrections, then move your finger down the the tiny next button.

It's all objectively terrible, and it accomplishes nothing except allowing the user to use the internet right then and there.