I look forward to side loading some programs I found on the internet onto my Xbox
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U.S. Senate Panel Approves Antitrust Bill That Would Allow Sideloading
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I said goodbye to macOS security since I first started using Macs back in the late 1980s when we were able to get apps (freeware, shareware, paid ware) from anywhere we wanted and can still to this day. You know what? Zero problems since.
But go ahead and continue to spread your (and Apple's) FUD
Good bye to Security and Privacy. It will open up the door access to Melware
Oh, please
Worse, you can’t protect yourself because any information a family member or friend has on their phone about you will be more easily made public.
It’s bad enough Facebook and Linked In upload your personal information from other peoples’ phones without your consent, but now it will be scraped by every stupid game they use as well.
Can you provide any specific examples of these?
Three major competitors with Apple (Spotify for music, Netflix for streaming video, Amazon for ebooks) all have their apps in the App Store and also have 100% of the payments located on the web and don't pay a cut.
Sideloading would also allow apps from trusted parties you’ve installed already with features an possibilities without the straight-jacket-limitations apple imposes..
WSJ has an excellent (imo) analysis of this...if one has a subscription.
Macs are largely immune from virus/malware/adware though. A much better example would be Windows. It might not be as bad as it used to be, but Windows is riddled with things that secretly steal from the user.
Stop the patronizing tone, btw. We can have a discussion without immature comments about someone being crazy, which is essentially what you were trying to say.
The latter case falls under “inhibiting” because they not only aren’t allowed to collect payments in-app (a significant UX issue in itself) but, pending a policy change by Apple, they aren’t even allowed to instruct users how to make a purchase outside the app. Their options are to lose prospective subscribers due to signup friction or pay up to 30% of their revenue to Apple, against whom they directly compete, which many services like this can’t afford without raising prices. For a given service, Apple is able to either deliver it cheaper or make more profit on it because they don’t have to worry about paying a significant chunk of their revenue to someone else. (Generally, they go with the latter, of course.)
There exist numerous examples of Apple copying nascent App Store apps’ ideas to build them into their own OSes, but the most recent that comes to my mind is the FlickType swipe-typing keyboard for Apple Watch, which Apple repeatedly stonewalled in App Review for a multitude of farcical reasons recently before building a swipe-typing keyboard into watchOS for the Apple Watch Series 7, which Apple used as a selling point for its larger display. As for acquiring competition, Apple’s not the worst offender there; that’s more of a Facebook problem.
As already mentioned by others, that's a false choice. An app that you currently like and use from the App Store could move to side loading exclusively. Then what?
Not a lawyer, but wouldn't the Bill of Attainder clause generally preclude targeted legislative action? There is a provision today for antitrust enforcement - DOJ would file suit alleging violation of the Sherman Act.
While it ultimately may be allowed, the Supreme Court cases I found (notably against Huawei) all have been upheld when challenged by the named parties as they were named provisions were directly related to direct interaction with the US Government and not commerce in general. Understanding that correlation does not equal causation it does make me wonder if such a globally impacting law targeting one or two named companies would withstand judicial scrutiny.
Government sticking its nose where it does not belong, does no one any good.
How on God’s Green Earth did you interpret I was spreading anti-Apple FUD?I said goodbye to macOS security since I first started using Macs back in the late 1980s when we were able to get apps from anywhere we wanted and can still to this day. You know what? Zero problems since.
But go ahead and continue to spread your (and Apple's) FUD
Oh, please
If anything, I am advocating protecting their App Store model. I’ve been using Macs (and before that, Apple ][) longer than you so please, drop the condescension.
Viruses have affected Apple since at least 1982. Not as much as other systems for a multitude of reasons, most of which are due to market share. And because Macs weren’t generally as lucrative of targets as they were not embedded into the architecture of networks (intra & inter) like Linux & Windows are/were.
Exactly.
Reminds me of an ad I saw ~10 years on a NYC subway train: "If you don't like gay marriage, don't get gay married."
As I've addressed above, for most developers this would be an asinine choice.
To paragraph 1, that is exactly the point. Right now we have no choice. I know it is scary for you to have to take responsibility for security of your own device, but life is hard once you move away from home.
Paragraph 2 is ridiculously ignorant (Note that I indicated the thought, not you personally). No developer is going to offer more features for side loading unless Apple blocks those features in the App Store.
Small devs will use the App Store because its hard to judge the trustworthiness of small devs. Large devs will use the App Store because it is convenient. Everyone will use side loading to prevent Apple's nanny political beliefs from censoring Apps that people want or for Apps that compete with, but are better than Apple's.
Everyone wins when there is competition.
Well, an iPhone case = car foil wrapping, nothing more.
The VW Beetle of your Avatar is fully side-loaded, rooted and jail broken on top.
It has non-approved third-party tires, non-approved third-party breaks, a non-approved third-party aftermarket engine mod, non-approved third-party lights and probably more.
All untested, not approved by VW against the rest of the original components, and also not in case of an accident.
If it's your VW, you are probably in more danger by driving it, than by using a iPhone with a side-loaded app.
Per Apples definition, your Avatar VW has potential to break your neck and slingshot your family out of it, or even explode.
If you find that VW cool, then you are a pro side-loading guy.
Nothing against side-loading, that VW is probably safer than the original, but it's side-loading.
Anyway side-loading innovates, as you can see in your Avatar.
If it were that simple… but you, just as almost everyone who is in favor of this have no idea about average peoples behaviors and all the things that social media and hackers will come up with…
Your imagination is (almost) priceless, too bad you’re just plain wrong
*Downloads Bank of America app*
Coder misses something and sends phone into a death spiral.
*Calls Apple support*
Apple: Oh, you downloaded it directly from Bank of America website? That’s side loading and our warranty nor technical support team, covers 3rd party apps and what they do to the hardware. You’ll have to contact Bank of America. Thank you for calling Apple.
Coder misses something and sends phone into a death spiral.
*Calls Apple support*
Apple: Oh, you downloaded it directly from Bank of America website? That’s side loading and our warranty nor technical support team, covers 3rd party apps and what they do to the hardware. You’ll have to contact Bank of America. Thank you for calling Apple.
I never said I was against side loading. I just said say goodbye to security if you do engage in it.
Yikes that would be terrible. I can see many people blindly installing a Facebook appstore so they can get Messenger, Instagram, and the Facebook App. I can also see Facebook wanting to get back all the tracking that Apple recently made them get rid of in iOS 14.
I would favor a toggle where the user chooses: A) No Sideloading and B) Agree to all risks associated with side loading, releases Apple from any support call for issues attributable to side loading including any interference that side loaded Apps may create with iOS