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When Sideloading arrives (EU)…
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We will have to wait to see how Apple chooses to implement sideloading, and what caveats come with it.
I say this because for me at least, a literal reading of the DMA suggests that Apple only needs to allow sideloading and / or third party app stores, but not necessarily both. If I were Apple, I would choose to permit only sideloading as it is the lesser of two evils (users still have to install each app separately, rather than install an App Store and then have access to an entire library of apps at one shot).
So TL;DR - still too early to say.
I hope they make it optional and bury the toggle deep into the menus, where it isn't visible unless you look hard for it. And that it will be off by default, and kids can't turn it on without explicit approval from their parent or guardian.
I just want to be able to install some emulators that Apple doesn’t allow to but Android does.
Something I will not be doing and I hope anyone who does will have to jump through many hoops to enable it. That road leads to the chaotic cesspit that is Android.
Chaotic cesspit? Lol
I’m on Android (on phone but use iPadOS and Mac otherwise) and think it’s so much better than the limited App Store.
I’m not a baby, I don’t need a babysitter.
I don't, either. But my kids do. My wife, who isn't tech-savy, does.
That's why I hope that this option will be buried deep into the settings, where you can't find it unless you are extremely determined to, and that kids won't be able to activate it themselves.
I bought them iPhones precisely because they were safe for casual users who know didly-squat about IT security. If I had wanted them to be able to install all the crap they might come across, I would have got them Androids instead.
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Not according to all the people who have downloaded copycat finance apps and gotten scammed.
I wonder what the definition of "side loading" would be anyway. Being able to download an app like a game from different sources but the app is still sandboxed and limited to its own environment or would you be able to install "Tweaks" which have access to the system like changing the App Icons or adding a "Silent icon" to the menu bar to name something.
I doubt it's the latter!
I doubt it's the latter!
Would not really work since those older devices will not be supported by the new OS which is required to be side loading in the first place
