You fail to see that sideloading and alternative app stores exist today by way of (misuse) of developer certificates.
And Apple hasn't particularly good about combating it. The same attack vectors exist today.
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Apple Working to Add Support for Sideloading and Alternate App Stores in Europe
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And Apple hasn't particularly good about combating it. The same attack vectors exist today.
European iPhones have totally different LTE bands to US iPhones and not all of them are compatible
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someone who has clearly never seen what it was like BEFORE the app store 70% was more likely, developers don't want to go backwards but it will happen you will be charged for everything and wish they had the old percentage back
thats not how the world works, just because i own the land does not mean i can build what ever i want on it and use it for whatever i want
Yes. I'm not a billion dollar tech corporation.
That said, they should rather focus their efforts on technically securing the OS.
Doesn't look like that.
You know that page just exactly proved my point, maybe you did not read it right
While the 700 MHz range in various bands has been the backbone of the U.S. 4G LTE coverage, in Europe and China carriers use different spectrum and bands, so phones from the United States may not work there.
Your point was that they're (quote) "totally different".
The fact that both variants share the same 26 out of 29 (or 28 out of 31, depending on which most recent model of iPhone) bands. On quick comparison and glance, the US variant seems to support three more LTE bands. One of which is a designated public safety band in the US, while the other two don't seem widely deployed across US carriers. That proves your point wrong, doesn't it?
Since US iPhones support every LTE band that EU ones do (according to that page at Apple), why shouldn't they work in Europe?
I think it's great that iPhones are as international in their LTE band support 👍
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I'm kind of wondering why you gave me thumbs-down on my two latest posts above?
- Would you prefer Apple not focus on their efforts to secure iOS?
- Do you think it's bad that iPhones can be used so well internationally and wish more model segregation?
Anything else I stated (in these last two posts) that you particularly disagree with?
I'm kind of wondering why you gave me thumbs-down on my two latest posts above?
- Would you prefer Apple not focus on their efforts to secure iOS?
- Do you think it's bad that iPhones can be used so well internationally and wish more model segregation?
Anything else I stated (in these last two posts) that you particularly disagree with?
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I agree with this. However there are supposed to be controls around who gets the enterprise certification. Nothing is 100%. And this amounts to “sideloading” within the system.
Third party app stores that dont require any intervention from apple is where imo, the problems with malware, scamware will start to hit the ecosystem.
I hate that there are scam app on the App Store. It's gross.
But I don't think sideloading and alternative app stores will reduce the number of scam apps out in the world.
Perhaps the EU should force Apple to remove all scam apps from the App Store... instead of forcing them to allow sideloading and alternative app stores which will GUARANTEE that there will be more scam apps.
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But I don't think sideloading and alternative app stores will reduce the number of scam apps out in the world.
Perhaps the EU should force Apple to remove all scam apps from the App Store... instead of forcing them to allow sideloading and alternative app stores which will GUARANTEE that there will be more scam apps.
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I mean this has been a thing even with their locked-down app store anyway. Not to mention this has been allowed on mac for a long time. It is just funny what mental acrobatics some will do to defend these huge companies like it is the end of the world if they add some choice into their OS.People are scammed out of billions of dollars on Windows and that doesn’t affect Microsoft’s bottom line. In the same way, Apple will be fine, iOS will be fine, but their users are going to be heavily targeted the DAY this is available.
Except being a thing and not being a thing are not the only two choices. There is a whole continuum of being-a-thingdom in between. iOS having some scams and Windows creating a trillion dollar malware industry are very different things.
The mental gymnastics that some will do to justify forcing a company to be just like its competitors is not really all that funny. Especially when the most beneficiary of the change is the market leader.
That's exactly how phones work in the EU.
Except "forcing a company to be just like its competitors" in this case means allowing users to flick a switch and be able to control their devices. Though I must admit the enraged responses to this are quite amusing
Sure, if you ignore all the consequences of that switch, as well as the benefits of not having it.
Honestly, as a power user, not having the switch has been a hindrance countless times.
"Some scams" lol there are a ton of apps that apple continues to let on their store even after being brought to their attention they are scams. Still doesn't change the fact that there is already sideloading on mac and its security hasn't caused the mac to collapse (or destroyed Apple's precious profit margins).
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I fully respect and acknowledge power users that would like the option for multiple app stores and/or sideloading. However, I see them as already having a solution on the market. I prefer the Apple solution and don't want the benefits of that solution to be diminished.
Okay? I'm not sure how that changes what I said.
Again, I have no idea what that has to do with what I said. Why would I care about Apple's profit margins?
And I've never claimed that the security of iOS would collapse. That's just another attempt to create a false dichotomy.
Luckily, as others have mentioned, you can simply stay in the walled garden.
Then why do you care if users get a choice?
You're asking the same question that gets asked and answered dozens of times in the threads on this topic.
Personally, my primary issues are developers that may choose to leave the App Store and piracy. For example, if Microsoft chooses to set up their own store, I will have to install their store for work reasons. So the choice to "simply stay" isn't that simple.