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New U.S. Antitrust Bill Would Require Apple and Google to Allow Third-Party App Stores and Sideloading
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Sideloading apps meaning more cracked apps and less money for the developers just like what's happening on Android.
this seems to be a common refrain from those who support forced side-loading.
Any system that allows 3rd party app stores or side loading is a vector for attacks.
Those attacks could be misleading someone to install a 3rd party storefront they didn't intend to, or directly attacking the install process to serrupticiously install software on someone's device.
The 50,000,000 number is cleverly chosen to only involve the two larges cellphone vendors, and conveniently avoids forcing Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo to allow third party app installs on their devices.
The hypocrisy is thick in this one.
If Walmart and its next-biggest competitor had the market share Google's Play Store and Apple's App store have, they should.
It is refreshing to see somebody who actually understands how iOS currently works.
It’s mind boggling how many people have posted something to the effect of “third-party app store means completely insecure spam filled malware device”.
The sandbox walls will degrade by degrees. I’m not saying its a bad thing or a good thing. I do think it is an inevitable thing.
If the current situation is so compelling, why are they screaming to get out?
In what way is that even possible?
The sandbox and app stores have nothing to do with each other
It is a competitive landscape. I can choose one of the Android business models or the iOS model. Most people choose one of the Android models, which I respect. My personal preference is iOS.
This eliminates the minority iOS business model and eliminates the competition of ideas.
People also don't realize this is going to be a support nightmare. I have had to deal with some odd Windows issues with Microsoft support, and they told me to reach out to the Application vendor or distributor instead. And they told me to reach out to Microsoft. If an app doesn't perform well on the phone, or the phone acts completely wrong while you have a third party app from another store, how will Apple support it?
Oh believe me, I am not for that too. These two things will be the death of Apple for me. Why I choose Apple over both Windows and Android will now no longer exist.
If the current situation is so compelling, why are they screaming to get out?
Sideloading app to iOS devices is possible today.
And free provisioning is severely limited by Apple (arbitrarily) to a few days, apps, devices.
Seriously. People make the market too narrow to just satisfy their own argument. If Apple has a monopoly, then so does Google. So does Playstation. So does Windows. So does macOS. I can't use Swift for Windows Forms development on Windows! I MUST use .NET to create such an app so Microsoft must have a monopoly on apps!
No, the market is Mobile apps. Android and iOS. The market is NOT iOS apps. Just like the argument is not Windows Forms Apps or even Windows Apps. I know many companies that only have Android versions. They are still in business and doing very well.
The presence of a security flaw is a security flaw. Even if you have it disabled. There will be exploits that will bypass this and give you a side-loaded app even if you have it disabled.
Uhh yes it can? My grandmother has a Jitterbug. She cannot install Microsoft Word on it. I guess we need to take Jitterbug to court forcing them to create an App Store?
To all those cheering for what they see as "the end of Apple's control" and shouting "finally, it's happening!"
Keep in mind this is bill written and sponsored by two Representatives in the House. On average a bill has about a 7% chance of becoming law. So for all the hype this gets, it almost certainly will never come to pass.
You can track progress here: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse?text=open+app#sort=relevance&sponsor=412490
Keep in mind this is bill written and sponsored by two Representatives in the House. On average a bill has about a 7% chance of becoming law. So for all the hype this gets, it almost certainly will never come to pass.
You can track progress here: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse?text=open+app#sort=relevance&sponsor=412490
Just a matter of time -- if it's not this one, it'll be a subsequent one.
Apple has shown they are going to do nothing unless forced
Time to force them
This is just government stepping in way too far. They have no business forcing Apple to make a product this way. Competition exists with Android. This is what the free market is for. If developers are so frustrated with Apple, then only have Android Apps. Apple will either change or let the iPhone die. Developers trying to strongarm government to make a law like this is like a child crying to their mom about something.
Agreed. Apple should just not have to support it or issues with it. Basically, you turn that feature on, they don't have provide OS support. Makes sense.
I don't think that would hold up - it doesn't on a Mac does it?
Lol, the irony of that quote, coming from Ted Cruz.