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Sideloading Bill Would Allow 'Malware, Scams and Data-Exploitation to Proliferate,' Says Apple
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Don't like security of the system to reduce. Sideloading can do that.
Well you must not know a lot of people. All my grandparents suffered with malware issues which is why they are running iPads now.
You are making a very good to why apple needs to open up if they are so bad at competing that epic will have a better option for developers? Can’t apple just offer them an even better deal? Or do they need a closed system because they can’t compete?
Not really sure what you are talking about here? Look at my post it was about not being able to stick with the App Store only. And you suggest I start my own store? How does that help me stick with App Store only?
No one is forcing you to side load anything, get it are we clear. If the option exists to download your favourite apps directly from the app developer or a link to a store their have an agreement, I don’t see what your big concern is regarding. Anti-virus on macOS now that is something I have never required in my 25 years of using the platform.
Is Steam so bad at competing? Not really sure you are making the argument you think you are making. Epic NEEDS exclusivities to even be able to compete with Steam. And it will need to do the same on iOS.
You are not getting it. It will NOT be my choice once apps start leaving the App store.
I’m pretty sure a lot of people have their credit card set up on their Xbox Live account so they can, you know, buy games.
If sideloading automatically destroyed security it would be reasonable to assume a lot of people would have been compromised this way.
Like yeah obviously a console has less sensitive information (let’s set aside that you can theoretically do banking on an Xbox thanks to Microsoft edge being available), but there’s a lot of money to be made by exploiting it.
But let’s set aside stealing private information (which is more easily done via other means such as social engineering anyway), how come there hasn’t been piracy on Xbox? Surely if sideloading is a free ticket there would be a kernel exploit that allows someone to bypass DRM and pirate games right? No such thing.
Meanwhile the Google Play Store has malware inside apps that Google approved for sale, because their review process is near nonexistent.
I love Apple, but this is about control, not security.
Sideloading is not opening the gates to a security nightmare, sideloaded apps are still locked down.
You don’t even need to discuss hypotheticals, a lot of people use things like AltStore or appDB to sideload apps on their iPhones right now and another good amount of people jailbreak their iPhones, giving them even more power over the OS. It’s not as hard as you might think, which is what makes Apple’s insistence that iOS NEEDS to be locked down incredibly infuriating to me.
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What the heck is this post? I was responding to a question TO ME. So YES I responded with what I do. Geez. Read the room, and what I was responding to.
You do know this is apples fault and not adobe right? Apple is to restrictive and greedy(30% cut) for no benefit whatsoever for Adobe and thousands of developers
Gotcha. So the App Store review process is basically a joke.
But at least the App Store can boot scam apps from the store when they are detected.
Good luck trying to get a scam app website booted from the web. ?
I can't wait to hear all the stores about the next fad word game that is only available via sideloading... but it's just a front-end for stealing people's passwords and contacts.
Fun times ahead!
I’m fine with this, as long as Apple devices come locked down and can’t be unlocked without some kind of special authentication and plenty of warnings, and as long as it applies evenly to all devices. I’m talking Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft too!
Evidence of this because there are A LOT....A LOT of digital marketplaces that take the SAME 30% cut.
You want to know why this is the case? Its because people want their App reviewed quickly. You want Malware and bad apps gone from the App Store? Lets make the review process weeks or months long.
Or it’s just not that common. Or somehow even the dumbest, most technologically illiterate of the people I know are actually not as bad as I thought.
Sounds like you need to take a break from technology and devices or find a new line of work, may I suggest something outdoors.
Probably you are with smart people! Sometimes my family or friends tell me something that they did and I just shake my head like "how can you fall for that". For example, not really malware infection but one family member got an email from "apple" asking to verify account details with a link, and it asked for social security number and all sorts of details. THEY FILLED OUT THE FORM!!!!! I shake my head at least once a week and some stuff like that it is crazy.
Poor Apple. Hope they get their act together and earn some money in the near future, so they can afford more employees on these tasks.
Its not Apple, its the developers. Do you know any developer that wants to wait weeks or months for their app to be approved?
Me too!
Maybe when they are worth 4 or 5 TRILLION they can finally afford to allocate more resources to App review