What you said is no one has been able to tell you how. You not agreeing is perfectly acceptable, but not everyone is simply parroting Apple, here.
I understand your point of view, and disagree with it, and it has nothing to do with some blind devotion to Apple.
Read back through my posts: I've never said it, and don't, in general, find it productive.
I don’t remember that time no, and multiple people - myself included, have mentioned plenty of reasons ‘how’ in this thread.
lmao, Apple has data on how much revenue they would be losing if they allow side loading. That is the ONLY thing they care about.
You realize we're saying the same thing, right?
This guy is not your average user, but he expects that anyone using a smart phone should be on the same level as he is. He knows how to protect himself (e.g., his comments about how it's "obvious" that an install link to an app was malware, without any response to the fact that it wasn't a made up situation, and many people were actually affected by the scam). For these users, he says there are two options: educating those who are willing to learn, or giving them a locked down experience. He even said he only gives dumb-phones with no apps whatsoever to those in his own life who don't want to learn how to side load safely.
What do you want to sideload anyway? Your own apps? Pirate apps?I don't see the validity of this statement, I think it's a cop-out trying to hide the real reason.
Abusing people's desire for security as a false pretend to maximize Apple's profit!
Users who are not sideloading apps on iOS would be just as safe as they are now, how is their safety affected when other users sideload? Exploits of iOS are constantly found anyways, jailbreaks keep happening. Whoever wants to attack non-jailbreakers/sideloaders won't gain much here, at least not in comparison to the gains of the iOS users who want to sideload! If the OS is truly sandboxed well, where is the harm?
These devices (iPhones) are not a connected server cluster, they're individual devices!!!
Quick question: Why would it be unsafe on phones when it's normal for computers?
Take a guessiOS basically is a variant of MacOS, they claimed so at least (LOL). Does that mean that they do sub-par security for iOS, maybe get some devs from the MacOS team over to help? LMAO
I can imagine the entire Apple board of directory having dreamt of forbidding software installs on Mac computers just as much as they did on iOS for years now.
In the end, it's just common law. Everybody is used on it on iOS, so most people believe this makes sense and must remain like it is.... think again!
with Phil Schiller's words: "COURAGE!!!"..... c'mon Apple + Apple-Users, how about some courage!
I predict, Apple will lose this argument in court and will have to change their stance on this within the next few years.
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interesting to see, majority opts for the "courage" option of allowing what has been normal on any computer ever since they were invented.... so Apple, do the same for these pocket computers please!
arstechnica.com
When a company makes a product they agree to be told what to do by a bunch of people called regulators. The whole point of regulation is to say exactly what you can and can't do, and those regulations may change as market and social conditions change.
iOS is already dumbed down. Education is a great option, when I want to drive a car, I need a license. ?♂️ People should be educated using modern technology from a young age. They should teach this in school. No sympathy for idiots using things they don't understand.
Meanwhile at 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino :
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/13/technology/apple-software-update-spyware-nso-group.html ?♂️More than 1,000 Android phones found infected by creepy new spyware
PhoneSpy records video and audio and steals contacts, images, messages, and more.
The difference here is that a vulnerability can be patched and the problem goes away.
Another ridiculous comment from someone purely thinking of themselves.
Since when can't you patch for viruses and malware? You can, but you have to be aware of how things work, then you can prevent it. The same can be said for security, find it first, then close it. Have a look at Apples long list of security holes in iOS, most are reported and open for months before Apple is doing something about it.
The OS is not the problem. I've made a few different OS' for different purposes, embedded, desktop and servers. But in those cases always supplied the required dedicated software. You can come up with the best OS in the world, as long as it doesn't run all the software, it won't be a success.
Sure they are allowed, but should educate themselves before using them. Do you get in a car and start driving if you've never been in one before? Do you use a gun before understanding the basic principle of operation and risks? Do you fire up a chainsaw and swing it around before thinking about it?
Not moving anything, maybe I misunderstood you. So could you explain in detail what exactly you mean, so someone with a background in software engineering and maybe security can understand?
I have explained why many times but people just ignore it. If my grandma gets a side loaded app and exposes my contact details which leads to me getting more scam and spam. Devices become zombie systems participating in spam generation and DDoS attacks.
I'm arguing that Apple shouldn't be deciding for people how they use their device, and yes... I think 2FA should be optional for those who choose to forego it.
That view of Android is likely based on the early versions that allowed apps full control over the phone with install-time permissions granted before the app was ever even opened.
And exposing those bugs would in fact make iOS more secure because Apple would know about them and fix the flaws.
Look, I don't disagree that education isn't a great option. It's the best option, to be sure. BUT --- not everyone is willing to learn, and those people want to have non-dumb phones, too! As to iOS being "dumbed down" -- sure, that may be the case when we consider something like side loading, or perhaps the various theming features Android gives you, but its purpose is not general purpose computation like a traditional computer is: first and foremost, it's a phone, second, a lifestyle device.
You're misunderstanding me. I'm not proposing security by obscurity, which anyone with any technical literacy knows is terrible.