How is this different from the standard app review process, and how can you call this “essentially sideloaded” with a straight face?
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Apple Does Deep Dive Into Security Protections and Risks With Alternative App Marketplaces
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They know the EU has them at their balls, er, at their sweet, sweet app store revenue. They are now desperately trying everything they can think of.
"Adult content?" I can imagine these apps making such obscene amounts of money that they'll more than cover the Core Technology Fee they have to pay.
Apple is in the right here.
The EU is in the wrong.
EU customers are being asked to take huge risks and Apple can only do partial things to try and minimise them.
The EU is in the wrong.
EU customers are being asked to take huge risks and Apple can only do partial things to try and minimise them.
This bolded part stands out to me. A government decided to meddle and force Apple to allow this...and government agencies are concerned with the risks? Did those government agencies try to raise those concerns to the EU blowhards before they decided to throw their weight around and mess with something they should've stayed out of?
Probably wouldn't have mattered, because the EU loves nothing more than to dictate what THEY want instead of listening to what others might ACTUALLY want. But they could have at least tried, because it would show the EU that there's more to decisions than just forcing what they want, no matter the consequences.
You mean the marketplace is offering options, alternatives, and competition, all without Government involvement?
Imagine that. But I understand that many people want Government to decide for them.
Who said you’re being forced to install apps you don’t want to?
The only risks are initiated from a consumer’s actions and ignorance. Nobody has to side load if they don’t want to.
Have you been living under a rock? This is the main reason the AppStore has been opened up in the first place
By that logic, Apple allowing porn apps in their own app store would constitute sideloading.
So it seems that all those afraid of alternative app stores are really just afraid of installing a porn app by accident.
Then you should have no problem providing a source then, correct? Remember...the EU tried to classify it as a monopoly but instead had to use the word "gatekeeper" because "monopoly" didn't stick. They couldn't find a way to legally call a platform that has such a small percentage of the user base in the region a "monopoly".
EU customers don’t have to do anything differently than they are now if they don’t want to.
Again, can you cite me a reputable source that argues that IOS is a monopoly in the EU?
The point is, if you read the article, that Apple is not policing content. Porn was just an example.
Is it strictly "sideloading" as found on other systems? No. But it is following the letter of the EU law.
"There is no way for users to opt out of the DMA changes". F....
Sorry for what is probably a dumb question, but how is FaceID sensitive data if developers, and even Apple I thought, don’t have access to it? Isn’t it all on device?
That will be a no then.
If iOS is a monopoly then there would be no alternative to iOS. However there is a rather well known alternative to iOS.
If iOS is a monopoly then so is Coca-Cola as whilst other cola drinks exist you only get Coca-Cola from Coca-Cola.
So better start cracking on opening up Coca-Cola so other people can provide Coca-Cola. Of course if people don't want Coca-Cola then there is Pepsi.
So people here are just afraid of content?
I don’t know about the letter, but it certainly does not follow the spirit, which is what will count in court.
I don’t think this is the case. You can access stuff like that through Safari or any other browser today without issue. It was Apple’s preference to keep it out of their App Store to keep things PG13, but they’ve never tried to block things through the web.
Alternative title:
Apple: "Our most secure OS's security completely falls apart by the slights bit of foreign code despite the fact that we demand to see all of it anyways"
Apple: "Our most secure OS's security completely falls apart by the slights bit of foreign code despite the fact that we demand to see all of it anyways"
The fact that the "spirit" of the law matters more than the "letter" of it...is odd. If the EU wants things done a certain way...then maybe that should be the LETTER of the law. Being able to say "no that's now what we meant", is a bs cop out because the "spirit" of the law can be interpreted differently even amongst those who wrote it!!! Either write the dang law the way you mean for it to be interpreted, or don't complain about loopholes. That is a seriously f'ed up way to govern. But now that I think of it...if that is the f'ed up way the EU operates...it sure explains a lot of the crap in the EU...
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As others have said here in various ways, your statement seems to carry with it the implication that iPhone users are naive idiots who need 'baby gates' installed by Apple, otherwise they will harm themsleves.
I guess in your world view we should have school crossing guards at every intersection of the country - since people can't understand how to be safe on their own.
Not the only risks. I suppose my child could be considered "ignorant" if they go into an alternate app store and download apps?
What of the possibility that a government agency or a bad actor could develop snooping and phishing apps that are loaded onto my child's IOS device. Are you certain that they couldn't leverage her device to gain access to my information? For example, what if I give her access to buy small things with a limited account on my Apple card. Are you certain that they won't be able to access that information? Even if Apple does an initial cursory glance to rule out obvious fraud, will app updates be able to simply bypass that?
Apple is a much more lucrative market than is Android; are you certain that bad actors won't be more drawn to attempt fraudulent activity through an alternate app store?
There are reasons I chose a walled-garden OS. I don't need nor do I want the EU dictating how my chosen OS should be operated.
I guess I just don't understand why people who want to side load apps don't buy an Android phone. You buy an iPhone knowing what it is, what you can and can't do with it.