The word "eventually" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence.
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Apple's Arguments Against Sideloading on iOS: All Your Questions Answered
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They have outright denied locking down the Mac, which makes sense, because it's a different type of computing device with different security tradeoffs. What they will do instead is try to get as many people over to iOS (or iPadOS) that don't need macOS.
Because at this point they will literally say anything to avoid being forced to give up App Store revenue. Including throwing the Mac under the bus and exaggerating the state of it.
The Mac would be non-functional if locked to the App Store. 90% of what is installed on my Mac did not come from the App Store.
So basically this reads like " Users are stupid and should only be allowed what we tell them. If you are intelligent and trained, too bad. We are lumping you in as 'also stupid'."
Talk about a contradictory article.
Talk about a contradictory article.
I think they'll be in for a rude awakening if they try to restrict installing software from outside the Mac app store. I love my Mac but I'd walk away in a heartbeat over that.
If side loading were possible:
1. Nothing forces you to download from elsewhere.
2. Nothing forces you to download from less than reputable sources if you choose to download from elsewhere.
Why is that so complicated to understand? Nothing happens to YOU personally, or your device, as a user, unless you were to make poor choices.
I don't understand why people make this argument. This is a non-argument. Even Apple tries to make this argument, and they know as well as anyone that it is flawed.
Apple simply can't say the truth, which is that it is 10,000% about not losing App Store revenue, period.
Yep! This is why they'd never do this. On the contrary, if they opened up side loading on iOS, many might walk away for some future OS that maintains privacy. I'd probably just get into the business of making malware.
Well the only reason malware exists is because people are stupid. There is no malware on my Macs, because I'm not.So basically this reads like " Users are stupid and should only be allowed what we tell them. If you are intelligent and trained, too bad. We are lumping you in as 'also stupid'."
Talk about a contradictory article.
But the amount of malware that does circulate for Mac, Windows, and Android is an indicator of how stupid many people are.
If side loading were possible:
1 and 2. If you don't download from elsewhere, your device is still less secure.
Why is this so complicated to understand? YOU haven't allowed side loading personally, on your device, as a user, even though those around you have, and now your network has been infiltrated.
I don't understand why people make this argument. This is a non-argument. Apple has made it clear why this argument is a real argument, and anyone with some basic reading skills could go read it and see why it's solid.
Apple simply can't say the truth, which is that it is 99% about not losing App Store revenue, and only 1% about privacy.
So... it has nothing to do with protecting their main income stream. That's good to know.
Apple just wants to protect its customers from themselves - and each other.
Very thoughtful.
Apple just wants to protect its customers from themselves - and each other.
Very thoughtful.
I know. Me, too.
But, really, how can they not at this point?
Their melodramatic rhetoric about how sideloading is a criminal's paradise and how the Mac is "failing" as a secure platform has basically turned it into a moral imperative on their part.
I mean, it sure does sound like they're gearing up for it.
Doubtful. The average user willingly uses Facebook, I don't think they pay as much mind to security as you might think. And besides, where else would you go?
So, basically you'd try ensure the problem exists by doing your best to cause it? Sounds like a real scumbag move.
Nah, that's simply not true. This is fantasy drivel.
Want to side load apps? No problem. Simply purchase a mobile phone other than Apple's.
Easy.
Why in the world would someone purchase a phone that doesn't allow what you want to do? That's just astonishingly stupid.
Easy.
Why in the world would someone purchase a phone that doesn't allow what you want to do? That's just astonishingly stupid.
Shh. They knows what's best. Just shut up, open your wallet wide -- wider, wider, wider, there ya go, that's it -- and do as you're told.So basically this reads like " Users are stupid and should only be allowed what we tell them. If you are intelligent and trained, too bad. We are lumping you in as 'also stupid'."
Talk about a contradictory article.
They've outright denied they'd ever let backdoor spyware on to their devices/os's as well, but one CSAM later and here we are
Except they've explicitly said they won't, because macs have a different purpose.
I'm suggesting that Apple has the data on people who care about security, wether perceived or not. The Facebook's of the world have lost out on billions due to Apple's privacy initiatives, so there's at least some public-facing data about how many users care about security.
I'm using hyperbole to relate what many people will do when the treasure trove is opened. Don't need to ensure the problem exists --- it already does (look at Android). The fact that so much more commerce happens with iOS users means there's a lot more money to be made, and make no mistake that bad actors will do everything they can to get what they want.
But the children! Why won't you think of the children!
That's the bit that was extra nauseating for me.
But it hardly matters now. The EU is already talking about passing laws to force that type of scanning for other things, like terrorist intent and links to organized crime.
It's a short jaunt from there to monitoring our devices in real time for a whole exotic bestiary of horrifying thought crimes.
Again, someone speaking out of their rear-end that has little understanding of what Apple's proposed CSAM-scanning technology would do.
How do you figure that? All services account for 25% of revenue. I am pretty sure that in-app fees don't amount to 80% of all services.