Do you care what China thinks? But Apple just removed 30,000 apps in China as a result of not having licenses from the government.
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You do know that there exists screen time apps on the App Store right? The ones that were removed were using MDM which is absolutely horrible technology to use in an App anyway.
Cellebrites exist means state-sponsored hacking is our norm. Removing charging ports in favour of smart connector or no connector at all is a futile move to stop hacking imo, as intercepting wireless signal is just as easy if not easier than gaining access through the port. I can see your argument of never turning on your phone again after border officer returning to you. But for many other people, they do not have the luxury of recycling the device and buy a brand new one from scratch. Much like pandemic, one “contaminated device” will start spreading the contamination across the entire internet, however slow or fast it is.
As for software signing, if it has to be signed by trusted source, then self-signing would not be a thing and tons of small developers would not be able to create “signed software”. The whole purpose is preventing software from being tampered during the storage and transmission. If the software is tampered during transmission, signature breaks, rendering it invalid, which will trigger relevant operating system warning to stop it from being executed automatically.
As for “compromised forever”, physically replacing compromised storage media (not limited to NAND flash) could potentially remove the contamination. But the cost may not be justifiable for most people. It is much easier to replace the whole Device.
TLDR: Our internet and Apple App Store is contaminated already. End user can try to do the best to minimise the risk, but thanks to the closed iOS, we may never know if something has been compromised or not. I always tell people to assume all of our devices are hacked already. The only thing matters is whether you are important for the state/country/criminal or not.
You act as if Microsoft has been forced to change their policy of how they operate the microsoft store. . . . . Oh wait, they haven't.
If you buy a Tesla (hardware), you can only buy the numerous software features for the car from Tesla, such as enhanced autonomous driving features - Tesla IS preventing you from shopping elsewhere.
If you buy an XBox, you can only online-shop for software through the Microsoft Store. Microsoft IS preventing you from shopping elsewhere.
Countless examples of hardware that only allows for upgrades/enhancements or extra software features through the manufacturer's storefront/POS.
I don't see why it would be impossible, if you go to Uplay you can also buy the Play station or Xbox version directly from Ubisofts own store.
Then you open Play station or Xbox stores and activate the codes, download the game.
Either way you are just incorrect.
Is there a video showing me this? There is no way for even the use the built in browser, click a link, download a PS4 or Xbox game and run it. I have tried.
Yes there are plenty of clips and articles. You can easily search online for: activate a game code on PlayStation and voila, you will see that you are wrong.
I am not talking about activation. I am talking about creating an exe from Visual Studio, uploading it to my website, and having you download it on the PS4 and play the game.
the main issue , method of distribution not a method of development. IPA wouldn't run in android nor thus APK runs in iOS.
in the iOS method of activating scratch card not allow while google allows it(if don't see lol).If seen bye-bye also.
Well nobody distributes games like that, not even on Windows PC. You are talking about something no game developers does anyway.
My point was that you can sell the game through your website as well.
Um....What? Factorio - go to their website. Boom downloaded without Steam. Minecraft. Go to their website. Boom, there is a game download (which the Java version is not even available on any game stores on PC, Mac Linux).
If I want to avoid the 30% PS4 and Xbox cost, I would gladly release the game on my website.
LoL, Factorio is actually cheaper on Steam and in the end it's easier to access, manage through Steam than having a downloaded copy of the game.
Minecraft again has most of it's users from Steam and other similar distribution channels.
You indirectly proved my point. No game developer is going to limit the distribution of it's game so using Steam it's a must even for huge whales like Ubisoft or EA(who also have Uplay and Origin).
So again like I've said, any game developer can separately sell Xbox or PlayStation store activation codes for their games through their website.
First of all, Factorio is not cheaper on Steam. The developers had stated it will never go on sale. Second of all, you can't even get Minecraft on steam. Do you even know what you are saying?
Walmart is a store on the USA market. There are multiple stores that compete against walmart. So this does not apply.
The app store is the only method to install apps on iOS without any competition. Apple is actively trying to kill jailbreaking so that is not an option.
Android competes (is also bigger by market share) against IOS and some of the same apps exist on both store.
At least in the US, the ios app store is legal. Apple actively trying to kill jailbreaking is irrelevant.
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No one is trying to force you to use any alternative iOS app store. You are still free to use only apple everything
Nobody is saying an alternate App Store is in the future, or even if it is desired, wanted or will enhance the overall iOS experience. (I don’t think it will and will devalue the experience for all)
Why would “Tim” want to ban Spotify. What contract did they break?