Imagine the reputational damage to the Apple brand that would occur if Apple offered a Security/Data/Privacy Compromised option to customers.
Nope. Will never happen.
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Apple Says Revised U.S. Sideloading Bill Would 'Undermine the Privacy and Security Protections' iPhone Users Rely On
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Imagine the reputational damage to the Apple brand that would occur if Apple offered a Security/Data/Privacy Compromised option to customers.
Nope. Will never happen.
Facebook should pull out of the App Store now. Call it a day. It would do us all a favor
Then every app developer chooses less security. Why would they care if a phone is secure or not.
You and many others say this, but it's simply not true.
Android has sideloading, but pretty much all the major apps on the platform are still available on the Play Store. There hasn't been a massive compromise of the platform because of sideloading. Most people don't sideload and have all the standard apps on their Android phones.
Apple has better sandboxing and security than Android. It would be safer with sideloaded apps than Android is. Stop worrying about this; everything will be fine if Apple allows sideloading.
Android allows sideloading. Let's see...
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Seriously, app makers have no desire to make their stuff harder to find by forcing sideloading. Your favorite apps will all still be in the Apple app store. You'll just now have the option of installing apps not sanctioned by Apple should you choose to.
It must be interesting, being a politician and having to fumble in the dark to try to look like you're doing something that will help fellow Americans. Kicking Apple and other companies is NOT helping us. Good grief...
The gang up on Apple game has to end.
The gang up on Apple game has to end.
Well they have to learn, if they want to use, just like they had to learn to bicycle if they want to.
A few humans are lazy, I know, but not all of them, putting them all into the same basket is the wrong approach.
That's why the "optional" sideloading will be great.
Sideloading will happen, they can kick legs as much they want, they are not above the law. ?
I believe Apple should allow sideloading, it’s fighting a losing battle with many governments around the world. It’s better to adopt a sideloading solution that Apple would prefer rather than be forced through legislation. I really don’t see the justification that iOS should be any different to MacOS in this regard. Personally I value the security that iOS provides, and will endeavour to continue to use the App Store to purchase my apps, or from trusted developers in the same way I do with my Mac.
Easy. One example is financial applications. Would you want to be responsible for a seven digit loss if a user decided to play a Russian porn first person shooter? A second would be access to security checkpoints. Lets say you own a hotel. Lets say, you allow your customers to put their access key to the building on their phones. Would you want that guest to be running code that would clone their key? Third would be network game developers. Don't want your players to cheat? Don't let them run outside code that can hijack the OS and compromise your game.
Probably the most important reason is, any device that is running software that has not been vetted will be buggy. I don't care if other people's apps crash on a phone. I don't want a compromised OS to crash and make me look bad.
If Apple is forced to give users the choice to compromise their devices they need to let the user know, Pick this option and we are not responsible if your device gets trashed. It's a stupid choice. You have been warned.
I would say a main one is that if developers don’t have to pay a large cut to Apple then, even if the price stays the same, there is more funds available to further develop and upgrade that specific app which would benefit the users of that specific app.
Everyone keeps saying "Look at the Play Store, no one is leaving there and they have sideloading".
Google doesn't care if apps in the Play Store collect your data. They do it themselves.
Apple's policy restricting apps from collecting your data, and forcing devs to disclose what they do collect, is why they will force you to sideload if you want to use their app.
Google doesn't care if apps in the Play Store collect your data. They do it themselves.
Apple's policy restricting apps from collecting your data, and forcing devs to disclose what they do collect, is why they will force you to sideload if you want to use their app.
A sideloaded app can't freely read your address book, you have to allow it from the protections in the OS, the app store isn't protecting anything.
I know one way apple could make this happen: add more optional privacy controls and provide an optional severe sandbox that greatly reduces the scope of device info that can be acquired. That’s probably enough.
It won’t help with people who volunteer other people’s info to an app or what a company does with data that is flowing through but that’s where we are at today anyway. That’s where meaningful governmental action needs to take place.
It won’t help with people who volunteer other people’s info to an app or what a company does with data that is flowing through but that’s where we are at today anyway. That’s where meaningful governmental action needs to take place.
Don’t underestimate the average consumer’s ability to f*** things up. - Barack Obama (sort of)
Sure not - but how did you learn to walk? By face planting multiple times, if your mother were Apple you would still be sitting around.
And if Apple were some kind of a higher creature, we would still not be allowed to make fire, because it's dangerous and might lead to burning houses, vehicles crashing into other vehicles and death.
Try > Error > Try > Succeed , that's how humans learn stuff, which Apple prevents.
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On the phone? There will be no side loading of apps by me. If the app is not in the App Store, forget it. Apple, please give me a checkbox that says “do not permit side loaded apps on this phone”
Security is tough enough as it is without rolling over for some foreign governments.??
Security is tough enough as it is without rolling over for some foreign governments.??
AT&T was broken up 38 years ago in 1984. The average cost for a long distance call in 1984 was approximately 45 cents/minute, plus the monthly service charge. I now pay $20/line for unlimited calls, data, and long distance on a device I can take anywhere, over a period where the cumulative inflation rate is 156%.
Your example runs exactly counter to the government hurting competition.
