I'm chuckling as your average consumer, including your above average consumer is not going to go to this level of Apple infrastructure investiment.
iPhone + Mac + Dev License.
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U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Another Antitrust Bill That Would Allow Sideloading on iPhone
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I'm chuckling as your average consumer, including your above average consumer is not going to go to this level of Apple infrastructure investiment.
iPhone + Mac + Dev License.
Why are people voting for the government to force a company to do business in a certain way. Apple is in every way entitled to their fees. do you (the royal you) really believe that by alternate payment systems, sideloading and forcing apple to give up its commission…nirvana will follow? Might be more like hell.
And they'll have one. And if they want to maximize profits, they'll also sell on the App Store, assuming everyone else is as afraid of alternate app stores and side-loading as you say they are.
?♂️ Did you even bother to read:
Or did you realize you didn't have a rebuttal and so chose to pretend like what I said didn't exist?
The only way to ever be 100% secure is to never go online.Gatekeeper isn't 100% secure.
Expert Details macOS Bug That Could Let Malware Bypass Gatekeeper Security
Researcher details macOS bug that could allow malware to bypass Gatekeeper securitythehackernews.com
You absolutely have proof that Epic will still put their exclusives on the App Store?
That's totally okay to be against it, but it won't have any weight to the outcome of this all.
Laws are laws, many countries - many laws.
Not the point. The point is even someone doing a half-*** job with App Review is better than no app-review process. The point being that "macOS is SUPER SECURE" arguments where we have these flaws exist.
But now is the time to discuss it to prevent it from becoming a law.That's totally okay to be against it, but it won't have any weight to the outcome of this all.
Laws are laws, many countries - many laws.
Because we're not nihilists and believe anti-trust laws are appropriate. And that if they're outdated, that they need to be updated.
There's no "proof" that Epic (or any game devs) will be on iOS App Store at all if things continue
Do you want everything you enjoy to end up as "streaming in Safari" only?
(or just gone from iOS)
Thats's where you're headed here my friend
Okay the bad movie i was watching just ended, good night - good fight!
Sideload in peace, Cheers!
Sideload in peace, Cheers!
Do you think I have a crystal ball or something? Do you have one? I'm not making guarantees, but I am hypothesizing what actions a smart and rational business would take, something you'd seem to rather not do.
Okay the bad movie i was watching just ended, good night - good fight!
Sideload in peace, Cheers!
Cheers! We don't all need to agree and its good to have debates!
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Apps on macOS that are vetted via GateKeeper are no more or less secure than Apps downloaded via the iOS App Store. Showing only anecdoate as you've done proves nothing. In the past few years iOS has had a boatload of security holes that had to be fixed. If you read the release notes of iOS updates you would know this.
But that was the argument to my concern with exclusives. You can't counter my concerns stating Epic will just place it on the App Store without any sort of proof. The concern will still be there if its not a guarantee.
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee today approved the bipartisan Open App Markets Act, an antitrust bill that would allow for alternative app stores and alternative in-app payment systems on the iPhone. The bill will now head to the Senate floor for a vote.
Apple had urged the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to reject the bill, arguing that sideloading would pose privacy and security risks for customers.
"Sideloading would enable bad actors to evade Apple's privacy and security protections by distributing apps without critical privacy and security checks. These provisions would allow malware, scams and data-exploitation to proliferate," said Apple's government affairs head Tim Powderly in a letter sent to the Committee earlier this week.
Last month, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, another antitrust bill that would allow sideloading and which Apple spoke out against, citing the same privacy and security risks.
Article Link: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Another Antitrust Bill That Would Allow Sideloading on iPhone
LISTEN U.S. Senate. I DON'T WANT Sideloading capability on MY iPhone.
psst... you already have it
(just has some time restrictions on re-signing unless you pay an annual fee)
So you expect me to give you guaranteed proof on the outcome of an event that has yet to take place and that I have no control over? Well gee, I guess you've got me there. You're right, I suppose we really should just throw out all logic and rationality so that you can make some inane point. /s
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So everything you've posted here and your entire argument is based on some made up premise of some "toggle" that you think (or you seem to know for sure) will be needed and this non-existent "toggle" will somehow make your phone insecure?
No, I expect you not to say my fears are pointless with stating Epic will place their exclusive apps on the App Store when that is not a guarantee. I am asking to not counter my concerns with unconfirmed promises or hypotheticals.
I am not the one stating it. People are saying the toggle should be in the Settings and should throw up warnings if you enable it.
To be sure, your fears aren't absolutely and unequivocally baseless, however if your fears require rational actors to take unreasonable and in fact self-harming actions, I think it's entirely fair to heavily challenge how realistic those fears really are.
Unfortunately we will just need to see what happens. With Epic's attitude and history on the PC space, I foresee it happening on iOS as well.