Tim Cook: Sideloading is “not in the best interests of the user”
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#2I agree with Tim Cook.
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#3I agree with Tim Cook.
Are there any number of hoops that users could be required to jump through that would make you comfortable with this?
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#4Meh. Allowing me to have more control over the apps loaded / running on my phone is absolutely in my best interest. This stuff is exactly why I totally reject everything Apple and their "walled garden" ecosystem. I'll make my own decisions, thank you.
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#5I agree with Tim Cook.
Could you say why? I am all for the Apple privacy and security features but disallowing side loading is merely taking away choice from users
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#6> That would destroy the security of the iPhone and a lot of the privacy initiatives that we've built into the App Store, where we have privacy nutrition labels and App Tracking Transparency... these things would not exist anymore.
Trying to give “Tim Apple” the benefit of the doubt, I seriously cannot see how his comments jive with reality. If you give me the option to side load apps (and hell, make it as obscure as running an app on macOS from an “unidentified developer”) then:
- The App Store is still as safe as ever
- The vast majority of people won’t sideload as getting an app on the App Store is the lowest-friction method
- iOS’ “sandbox” model and OS-level security settings still (approximately) guarantee some level of safety w.r.t. tracking, unauthorized file/camera/mic access, etc.
- This would finally allow the iPad to enter true “pro” territory.
I’m not familiar with side loading on Android, so I don’t know how much that has affected its ecosystem and security.
But I can’t help but view this as double-speak for: “we at Apple enjoy our App Store profits and don’t want to see those reduced, user-be-damned.”
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#7I agree with Tim Cook.
Could you say why? I am all for the Apple privacy and security features but disallowing side loading is merely taking away choice from users
The only reason this is happening is because Epic and the like want to keep 100% of revenue.
These corporations are the only ones to benefit from this.
Most if not all apple/iOS users are happy with the closed garden approach apple has setup.
Aside from a handful of nerds who don’t want to pay a an apple premium to put their crappy home brewed app on their iPhone at the risk of making the entire system vulnerable for everyone else.
Re: Tim Cook: Sideloading is “not in the best interests of the user”
#8Meh. Allowing me to have more control over the apps loaded / running on my phone is absolutely in my best interest. This stuff is exactly why I totally reject everything Apple and their "walled garden" ecosystem. I'll make my own decisions, thank you.
Why don’t you use an android phone?
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Could you say why? I am all for the Apple privacy and security features but disallowing side loading is merely taking away choice from users
The only reason this is happening is because Epic and the like want to keep 100% of revenue. These corporations are the only ones to benefit from this. Most if not all apple/iOS users are happy with the closed garden approach apple has setup. Aside from a handful of nerds who don’t want to pay a an apple premium to put their crappy home brewed app on their iPhone at the risk of making the entire system vulnerable for…
> These corporations are the only ones to benefit from this.
To give you a specific example, if I wanted to install a gameboy emulator on my iPhone, I wouldn’t be able to through the App Store as emulators are generally disallowed, but if I could side load then I could install an open source one.
This would benefit me, and wouldn’t benefit any corporations.
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#10I fully support Apple and the rules they have to protect the ecosystem they have created.
They got shat on over and over again for their decisions while they got the iPhone/iPad/App store off the ground (not supporting flash, etc) and they stuck to their guns.
Their reward was an extremely profitable App Store and device lineup.
They deserve the success they have and they have every right to protect the walled garden they have built.
The entitlement that some of these companies think they have that they just show up with a crappy game and loot boxes and think they get to dictate the rules. Sit down young’n.