This has been catered for. Only Apple-approved websites will be allowed to install apps."oh and type it correctly or else you might go to a scam site"
this is so stupid
This has been catered for. Only Apple-approved websites will be allowed to install apps."oh and type it correctly or else you might go to a scam site"
this is so stupid
4 out of 10 Macs I worked on when I was employed at an AASP had MacKeeper, Booking.com malware, and hundreds of DMGs in their downloads folder from various malicious sites.It has worked like that on Mac since forever and it has been just fine.
I just want my CarPlay screen to have video apps And emulators.
Sounds like you are not building or loading any software from your Mac,Still waiting for real side-loading. I want to be able to install my own software directly built on and loaded from my Mac!
Yeah, exactly.To be fair most users have no idea where any of this stuff is, or even what it is. "I click the picture and usually it opens the thing where I put in my cat's name." I get called when they can't find the picture.
In the last 20 years 13 countries joined the EU and one left.How cool! This should be worldwide
This is how app downloads worked prior to the advent of an app store on computers. And, this is how a lot of people still get apps on other platforms. I'm not sure why this is so terrible? Sounds like a good deal to me!sounds like a massive fail for the user experience
"hey you want our app?"
"yeah but I don't see it on the App Store"
"nah you gotta go to the website and download because we want more money"
"terrible"
"oh and type it correctly or else you might go to a scam site"
this is so stupid
What do you mean by "acitve". I have a developer account. I still have to rebuild my apps every 7 days.You can already do that with an active developer account.
That's the issue, you shouldn't need to pay 99€ per Year in order to load your own applications on your own device. Everything locked behind subscriptions and software blockades. I should be able to write my own code on my Mac and install the app on my iPhone without needing to pay every year. You want to make money out of your IDE? Sure make a community and a paid version like most companies have (the latter with a full set of features) but Apple just wants to squeeze every penny out of the developers.You can already do that with an active developer account.
What do you mean by "acitve". I have a developer account. I still have to rebuild my apps every 7 days.
If you know what you are doing you never had a problem. That’s not an issue here.This is how app downloads worked prior to the advent of an app store on computers. And, this is how a lot of people still get apps on other platforms. I'm not sure why this is so terrible? Sounds like a good deal to me!
Yeah, exactly.
I recently had to explain to someone why there’s a Netflix app on their iPad, but on the Mac it’s website only.
Their response?
“Oh that’s stupid, it’s the App Store. It should have everything that the iPad does.”
Remember when apps came on CD-ROMs? Maybe this has been Apple's long game? And, why this still sell the Super Drive in their stores!? They're bringing back physical media!!!!!If you know what you are doing you never had a problem. That’s not an issue here.
How about Windows?It has worked like that on Mac since forever and it has been just fine.
That’s possible since like forever. You can do it from Xcode for your one software or use AltStore or Sideloadly for Emulators and such.Still waiting for real side-loading. I want to be able to install my own software directly built on and loaded from my Mac!
I don't want to publish anything on the app store. It should not cost 100 dollars per year (or 3000 dollars over 30 years) just to have the privilege to install some hobby projects on my iPhone or iPad.A paid account. I have multiple apps on my phone that I have developed myself with no App Store connection. As long as I keep paying Apple the $99 a year the apps continue to work.
I remember how it was even before that.Remember when apps came on CD-ROMs? Maybe this has been Apple's long game? And, why this still sell the Super Drive in their stores!? They're bringing back physical media!!!!!
I personally install applications directly through websites on my Android Tablet because they have limited functionality because of Google's restrictions on the PlayStore (like VPNs and AdBlockers) other than that, I install 99% of the applications through the Google Play Store. Apple is just making a drama out of it because of their revenue.Ironically, even when I was on Android — a platform that's had sideloading since day one — very, very few people would just install apps off of websites. Almost everyone just gets all their apps from Google's own app store, and if for some reason their phone didn't come with access to it (like with some phones imported from China), you can bet they'd find some way to install Google's stuff onto their phone so they could access the official app store.
Basically, I really question how common this whole "install apps on your iPhone from websites" thing is going to be.![]()
Stick a link in the dock and tell them it's an app - job done.Yeah, exactly.
I recently had to explain to someone why there’s a Netflix app on their iPad, but on the Mac it’s website only.
Their response?
“Oh that’s stupid, it’s the App Store. It should have everything that the iPad does.”
"Just Fine" as in less safe, more difficult for the user, and fragmented.It has worked like that on Mac since forever and it has been just fine.
ironically when Steve Jobs launched the first iPhone, they planned to build the platform with developers writing web applications. Nowadays Apple even tried to limit web applications.Stick a link in the dock and tell them it's an app - job done.
It really was "Just Fine." If the App Store disappeared tomorrow, the sun would still come up."Just Fine" as in less safe, more difficult for the user, and fragmented.
sounds like a massive fail for the user experience
"hey you want our app?"
"yeah but I don't see it on the App Store"
"nah you gotta go to the website and download because we want more money"
"terrible"
"oh and type it correctly or else you might go to a scam site"
this is so stupid