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Apple Warns That Some Screen Time and Sharing Features Won't Work With Alternative App Distribution in the EU
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"Them" includes kids and seniors. You want kids and seniors swimming without a lifeguard present?
Not a real issue. Less technical users are unlikely to seek/find/encounter alternative app stores.
This will benefit technically-literate enthusiasts, and those seeking out categories of apps that are unavailable on Apple’s App Store.
Surely yes, since Apple would have no way to enforce age restrictions etc on alternative app stores.
This is exactly what's going to happen. Some apps you must install are going to only be available in the 3rd party stores. This will most probably be true for iPhones provided by your employer and used for work. You just won't have a say in the matter.
No. Although Apple won’t regulate the content of other App Stores, it still controls the App Store listings of the marketplace apps themselves. A marketplace app with a deceptive listing would not be permitted.
And of course, searching in Apple’s App Store is not going to return results from other App Stores.
Sweeney is a gibbering buffoon, no one should care what he thinks. He's doing a fine job running Epic into the ground as-is.
There are already (and have always been) alternative distribution methods for in-house/corporate apps, which bypass the App Store.
Distribute proprietary in-house apps to Apple devices
Apple devices support wireless installation of proprietary in-house apps without using a Mac or going through the App Store.
support.apple.com
Oh really? Because it currently appears that the ones who said these things would "never" happen...are the ones who are wrong. Day one of the beta cycle and we're already seeing fragmentation that would "never happen". 🤷♂️ As it appears now, those of us who said these things WOULD happen...are correct.
Doesn't this exist already? In the Developer Enterprise program you can sideload custom apps to MDM-enrolled business devices, without the App Store. But forcing employees to add random apps to their personal (non-MDM) devices would still be gross.
Apple Support: Install custom enterprise apps on iOS
Exactly. And Apple regulates the listing of that app on their own App Store.
Besides being deceptive, an app named “Spotify+” violates Spotify’s trade mark and would not be accepted regardless of what type of app it was.
They should share the contact number for someone in the EU government that approved this for the em to trouble shoot since they did this🤣🤣
Nah people will whine and complain at Apple for not doing anything while their hands are tied from bureaucrats in the EU.
I already have apps installed on my work-provided iPhone that aren't available in the App Store. That's been an option with MDM for years.
Screentime doesn't work reliably for me anyway. My youngest will bring me a device and show me that all of his apps are locked even though he hasn't used it at all that day. Screentime will show that he's only used the device for 1 minute and yet he is still blocked from doing anything. Happens all of the time.
Yes, please tell us how all companies should develop, produce, market, and distribute their products. We so desperately need the all-knowing among us to force these things upon us because we are soooo stupid and smelly.
When resourceful coders can build spy tools into a phone and do the same thing Apple does building spy tools for governments who need it, I guess somehow thats worse. They're both terrible and both need to stop it. Now with control of the mouse on any computer and also future AI enhancements. Apple already has a built in key logger and mouse logger on top of their cameras and sensors that can do all sorts of things. Just don't let anyone outside of Apple or spy agencies access to it cause THEY might do bad things with it.
Making this whole exercise a moot point in the end.
Apple did have that meeting with the EU leader not long ago. Would hope everything was explained verbatim on exactly what is and is not happening. And if something else needs to happen. When it will take place, etc.
Exactly this. I said on the other thread, you will almost certainly have Amazon and Netflix etc only offering their apps via their own app stores, to circumvent Apple policies and charges and compliance.
Amazon will have a Prime Video app, a store app, a games app etc. available in their store.
Netflix will have their main app, a games app, etc.
They will not be able to resist the idea of being able to showcase their complete service offerings via their own store.
Welcome to the age of forced multiple app stores.
Right then I would say Apple charge them back and then kick them out for not paying their bill. lol
A hard disagree from me.
Stores are just apps, essentially: apps containing a showcase of other apps. When Netflix, Amazon and many others remove their App Store apps and force you to download their own stores, then we will have a glut of these stores to deal with.
It will be useful for those wanting niche apps that aren’t illegal, but which aren’t allowed on the App Store for whatever reason. Porn games/apps, for example.