I can then ask you why are you triggered with Apples walled garden ecosystem when it's been like that for over a decade? Why are you triggered now when other models like gaming consoles have existed?
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Sideloading Bill Would Allow 'Malware, Scams and Data-Exploitation to Proliferate,' Says Apple
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Nobody is stopping you from sticking to Apple AppStore, if some developers I’d apps you use move to a competing AppStore, maybe voice your concerns to the developer instead of venting your frustration on MR. if the developer feels it’s best for their company to offer it exclusive or to offer it on many AppStores that is their choice to make and the only thing that would persuade them is if many of their customers feel to the contrary.
Its quite common, just to a search....
Developers seeing dramatically faster App Store review times on submissions - 9to5Mac
While there hasn’t been an official policy change or new strategy made public, software developers have been noticing dramatically shorter...
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A Developer's Tips for Fast iOS App Approval
App developers can get fast ios app approval with these important tips and mistakes to avoid in the process.
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App Store’s updated policy: Everything you need to know - iGeeksBlog
Apple's caged ecosystem, especially App Store, has irked app developers and users for a long time. While some count it as the company's strength, many perceive it as a jail that kills the scope of business, until recently! Apple has announced a handful of 'welcoming' changes to its App Store...
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Developers rejoice or do tricks to speed up review process. The faster the review, the less effective Apple is in weeding out "bad" apps.
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I don’t believe I can serve any further purpose in your dispute with @dk001, I suggest you take it up with them.
So it's better to open up iOS and let them free reign instead? Is that your logic?
But NOW is the time to STOP this from happening to begin with. It will be much harder for Apple to "close" iOS once it is forced open by lawsuits and bills.
Maybe your grandparents are a risk to themselves and best to strap them in a chair for they own good.
That is why we moved them from Windows to iPad. But if iOS (and similarly iPadOS) "opens up" they will have the same problem.
Another common one that happened recently, someone got a facebook message that "look what YOU were doing last week in this video" and it downloaded a "video player". If they had opened it up, it would have been re-install macOS time but I stopped them just in time.
If Apple must allow sideloading then they should just produce an iPhone that runs Android OS and this should be a physically different phone that looks like an iPhone. The user decides when they buy a phone whether they want Classic (IOS) or Android OS which google can support if they want. Being able to toggle between IOS and Android OS is should not be allowed.
Almost like the violent attempted overthrow of our democracy is a bright red line not to be crossed.
Then lockdown iPhone back to the level of iOS 1.0. That would be way better for security than what we have now.
There are always going to be people getting scammed, the only thing good people can do is try to stop it ahead of time or in its track. Are you planning on monitoring these people 24/7 in the event they self injure themselves or others. Maybe best to just not provide them things that could cause them to be a victim of a scam such as a telephone, tablet, computer, email, regular mail, etc.
With all the AI/ML Apple keeps highlighting and is it not being used to some extent with the app review process.
But you do realize that all these scam emails, scam text messages, DDoS of websites - they are all helped by infected machines known as Zombie systems right? That is why I think we should stop being so selfish. I no longer want 1,000+ spam emails in my email every day. I no longer want to help family and friends on a WEEKLY basis clean up their system or tell them to freeze their credit because they got scammed and gave out their social security number and other important details.
I got tired of the weekly calls from my grandparents about Windows 10 infections, so we finally got them iPad. Guess what, running just fine to this day and no issues. They have tapped on bad things, but it just attempted to download EXE files HAH!
So you prefer a government to exercise its overreaching authority onto a company rather than for its citizens to have the freedom to exercise choice.
So you prefer Apple not to improve to make it better for its developers and customers.
I don't remember him claiming a % of users who want to sideload apps. Still waiting for you to come up with some relevant sources for that.
Sounds like you are enabling your grandparents rather than teach them the basics of personal information security. It seems you have involuntary overstretched yourself and rather than educate you have chosen to encourage by being a rescuer. I have news for you these people you rescue even though you are well intentioned will drain your energy.
Teach a man to fish vice feeding a man to fish, comes to mind.
If Apple doesn’t like US gov’s policies they don’t need sell in the US. US gov created this country, it is their platform, their rules. Apple can just sell in other countries. Or they can just compete in the free market by creating their own country where they make the rules. US gov is just trying to create policies to help consumers against big companies.
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