consider sideloading is already a thing on android, and no one is really complaining. i doubt this catastrophic event you anticipate will happen.
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Upcoming EU Sideloading Bill Would 'Cripple the Privacy and Security Protections' iPhone Users Expect, Says Apple
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Until an app you need becomes only available via sideloading.
Come on Federighi, "take away [the] choice of a more secure platform."? Are you serious? Just add an option to enable sideloading like Android did and users will have the choice.
Compete with different payment options on the platform and you will win. Just collecting 30% Apple tax will soon be gone - and it is Apples fault. Apple could have been more open and less greedy.
Compete with different payment options on the platform and you will win. Just collecting 30% Apple tax will soon be gone - and it is Apples fault. Apple could have been more open and less greedy.
For those of you wanting sideloading. Why did you not purchase an android device?
I am European, and I love being safe with Apple about malware by using the app store. But I also think it should be a user's choice whether to use a side loading ability.
The narrative according to which side loading would "limit freedom" seems very hypocritical, to me.
The narrative according to which side loading would "limit freedom" seems very hypocritical, to me.
Maybe the solution is for apple to make a phone that it’s allowed on, like the iPhone se. Then keep all the other phones locked down and secure. You choose which you want when you purchase.
Why would they? Those devices aren't general purpose computers, they're game consoles.
I could see Apple closing down the App Store and making it no longer a marketplace but a smorgasboard that is readily accessible for a fee. They already do that with Apple Arcade. They could likely do the same for other lines : Apple Write (Notability, iAWriter, Evernote, MindNode), Apple Work (Craft, Things, Pixelmator) etc. Deals then are made directly with the developers and the "market" is closed. Not sure if that completely avoid the DMA issue. But it would be a interesting if it was tried.
sideloading is already a thing on android, they are dealing with it just fine. this isn't a new unproven concept thats never been used before.
Because people don't want Android... they want iOS and the apps available for it, they want the hardware that has unmatched power.
Then don't sideload, it's that simple.
I'm not sure why preventing sideloading and increases surveillance are always presented as two sides of the same coin.
Central distribution of software and central review is the absolute best thing that could happen to a surveillance state. Mandate the back door and mandate that the device manufacturer or App Store operator must ensure it's included, otherwise no dice.
Sideloading prevents that, to some degree, because users could still install applications from trusted sources not subject to those requirements.
Then Apple can adjust their terms to actually compete in the market instead of monopolizing it.
No one is complaining… because you can choose between Android and iOS.
I don't think that would be legal... they would most likely limit support to only apps downloaded from the App Store
If this were a bad sit-com Apple would just go full in and make an "iPhone E" model that doesn't support iCloud or the App Store at all and only allows sideloading, runs a variant iOS that only that device supports and force people to agree to a ToS that tells them basically, "don't come complaining to us when something weird happens to your phone, it's sold as-is. Contact the developer. Enjoy!"
Or just make an iPhone that runs android and sell it only in the EU for the same price as a real iPhone and call it the "iPhone EU."
Or just make an iPhone that runs android and sell it only in the EU for the same price as a real iPhone and call it the "iPhone EU."
I'd guess a lot of enthusiasts would import the EU version then. I know I would.
Apple then also has to deal with the barrage of users outside of the EU who call in having issues installing some open source app distributed as an IPA that EU users can freely install.
If they disable iCloud features the moment you sideload an app, that will be seen as malicious compliance, I'm almost sure of it and action would be taken against them to correct that behavior.
Yes they will. The other big tech companies like Adobe, Microsoft, Google, Facebook will immediately pull their apps and force side loading so they can spam ads and invasive tracking that breaks Apple's rules.
Then iPhone will be like Android with no money for devs and everything is super scammy "freemium".
DMA is trash bill. Sideloading is the least of the problem. When various third parties start suing Apple for access to private hardware and APIs that Apple restricted because of privacy or bugginess, then the real “fun” starts.
Oh, and wasn't there just a report of how malware is being distributed on iOS through TestFlight (and avoiding the App Store)? As I’ve said before though, Apple‘s refusal to compromise on commissions has directly led to the creation of this sort of legislation. Consumers will be the ones hurt in the fallout.
Oh, and wasn't there just a report of how malware is being distributed on iOS through TestFlight (and avoiding the App Store)? As I’ve said before though, Apple‘s refusal to compromise on commissions has directly led to the creation of this sort of legislation. Consumers will be the ones hurt in the fallout.
Doubtful that would happen.
If an app is only available because of sideloading, it likely was never allowed in the App Store to begin with.
No company would give up the exposure that the App Store offers, they would almost certainly stay on it even if they do release a more capable version outside of it.
Let me get my little violin and play it while Apple argues using crocodile tears
To all you guys whining:
Sideloading would take away the power from e.g. the russian government to disable the Nawalny App by simply telling Apple to remove it from the AppStore. It would take away the power from the Chinese government to remove the HKMapp app.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/09/technology/apple-hong-kong-app.html
Last but not least - allowing different payment options takes away the power from Apple to collect insane Apple taxes. Apple will be forced to enter competition again - and competition is a good thing.
Sideloading would take away the power from e.g. the russian government to disable the Nawalny App by simply telling Apple to remove it from the AppStore. It would take away the power from the Chinese government to remove the HKMapp app.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/09/technology/apple-hong-kong-app.html
Last but not least - allowing different payment options takes away the power from Apple to collect insane Apple taxes. Apple will be forced to enter competition again - and competition is a good thing.
I wonder how sideloading will fare against this draft legislation coming up https://www.pbs.org/newshour/econom...y-dont-follow-uks-planned-online-safety-rules if it becomes law. I'm no lawyer, so I wonder who's responsible here, the developer who created the app that was sideloaded or the device manufacturer that allows sideloading because they have to by law?