You really need to reply to one person at a time so I don’t have to drag your whole comment down here. Unless there’s a mobile trick I don’t know about.
Now, getting back to it. 9 times out of 10, that’s exactly why people want to sideload, to pirate. Otherwise, grab the app from the store. I can’t tell you how many people wished they could sideload so they could install Vanced. 🤦🏻♂️
As a good example to illustrate what sideloading actually would entail contrary to what’s mostly thought about it currently.
Today any app that gets published for iOS must follow the criteria of the AppStore, and that is extraordinarily restrictive on what developers actually can do with their apps.
If you have a Mac I would record you to compare a game that is distributed in the MacAppStore such as xcom 2 the
Mac AppStore and then compare the same Mac game on
steam. Or you can compare the available plugins for Firefox/chrome and safari. Or just browse through cydia and the tens of thousands of different programs and addons that work without root access but aren’t allowed on the store because the functionality they provide isn’t allowed
As far as the principle of a mobile device and a PC, being the same, only remotely. But when you step back for a minute and look at each platform separately, you begin to understand why they don’t want iPhone users doing this. The fact that it’s a mobile device, tied to a dedicated network, makes it a lot more appealing for hackers to try and access. Then there’s antivirus software. Most people have that installed on their computer, on a phone it’s seen more as a gimmick because the user is the first line of defense against malware or viruses. Or in the case of iPhone, Apple made sure you couldn’t download those sort of apps. Not to say that every app in the App Store is perfect, but I don’t think any of them have nefarious code installed. I could go on, but we’ll stop there for that segment, lol.
The issue isn’t the fact that Apple wishes how the owners of the device is used, but the fact they want to also dictate it’s use and whether they even have the moral authority to do so when they no longer owns the device sold.
It being a portable device with network connectivity just moves the goalpost.
An iPad Pro without mobile connectivity have greater capabilities than a MacBook Air running the same silicon and APIs, but is still equally limited as the iPhone or iPad with network connectivity of what applications are approved to launch.
And antivirus software is a gimmick because the sandboxing functionality of the os renders such things meaningless, and nothing run by the user have root/administrative privileges is run with privileged access making it kind of pointless anyway.
and unfortunately apps with nefarious code exist in the AppStore.
Security researchers found malware in several popular App Store apps.
lifehacker.com
As far as the EU winning because it’s their market and their rules, you obviously didn’t get my Charlie sheen reference m. He thought he held all the cards as well, until he didn’t….
Indeed as I don’t watch sheen, I just don’t get the winning or losing part.
Especially when the law is already implemented. Especially if a company already admitted the service in question fits the requirements of a gatekeeper…
So I don’t see what else they can do. Especially considering their terrible legal defense after trying to argue the AppStore’s are different and should be treated separately on iOS,iPad and Mac.
So… the only way Apple get away with it is if they leave the market
