Entrapment? Do you even know what that word means?
Side-loading in general for a device I consider should have very high security standards - Phone. I would like my phone to still work if I need to dial 911 in an emergency or call someone if I get stuck on the side of the road if/when my car dies.
Yes it would be impacted. The very definition of an open system is inherently less secure than a closed system. There should be no debate here. Allowing an iOS user to randomly download something online is by definition less secure.
System files are not the issue. MY files are. I have been hit with ransomware on Windows before. System files were fine, but my stuff was encrypted. But I have backups so it was not an issue. I just re-installed Windows 10 and was on my way again.
Funny thing is, people outside of here ARE complaining about it, you just choose to be ignorant of it ?
You absolutely cannot. You need to go through the App Store. Otherwise, why do we have these lawsuits? I cannot download Affinity Photo from their website and run it on my phone.
It's wild to me that you don't think a computer should have high security standards. If I had to guess, I'd say I have far more sensitive stuff on my laptop (and more of it) than I ever would on my phone or iPad. My laptop is the last thing I'd ever want compromised.
Good luck with that. How long should we wait for a mythical new smartphone OS to show up and put Apple and Google in their place? I hear India will be taking a crack at it lol. That is, if it's not yet another version of Android. It's been like a decade now since there was another serious competitor and Apple and Google have only become more entrenched.
Duopolies don't always need to be broken up, nor monopolies for that matter, as long as they're well regulated.
Then so be it. Alternatively, if a dev wants to opt into a 360 degree deal with Apple, ie the status quo, then that should be their and Apple's right as well.
I have had malware break through sandbox environments on Windows. Just because its "sandboxed" doesn't mean it is completely 100% immune to security holes. If this happens with the App Store, Apple can revoke the App. But if you get it from the Epic Store, or even the developer's website, that is a different story.
The part you may have missed is 13 years is the iOS App Store operating essentially the same way.
It’s crazy the things people make up in their minds to defend Apple, it’s like a disease IMHO.
I have hated a lot of Apple's decisions. Not sure why you are giving up when people just want to have conversations which is what threads are about. Just because I don't like side-loading means Apple duped me?!
There is no debate smartphones are useful. We can debate if they are in the same category of air, food and water. Now what will happen will happen, but smartphone app stores shouldn’t be regulated ( except for some basic regulations that could apply to all businesses) by the government.
And the part you may have missed is that 13 years ago the smartphone market was far smaller, far less consequential to the larger economy, and had several other competitors in the market.
It’s just as crazy to have people voting to break up apple. Just depends on your side of the fence.
Nope, didn’t miss that and also didn’t miss that people voted with their $$$. Innovation won out. Not government regulations. Apple is where they are today because they give the people what they want.
If you realized that and didn't miss it, then your last post was pretty darn disingenuous, pretending circumstances are no different than they were almost a decade and a half ago. ?
