FollowingFeisty5321@alien.topB to Apple@hardware.watchEnglish · 1 year agoApple admits third-party App Stores in Europe are inevitableappleinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: tech@kbin.socialhackernews@derp.fooapple@lemdro.idapple@lemmit.onlinetechnology@lemmit.online
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minus-squareVoidfang_Investments@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThat’ll be horrible. Right now I can trust the App Store without question.
minus-squareAtomicSymphonic_2nd@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWhile I’m halfway sure Meta will force Facebook, FB Messenger, Instagram, and Whatsapp to only be downloadable through some exclusive Meta App Store, you won’t be forced to use those third-party stores.
minus-squareAbject-Appeal7861@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSo will Amazon, so will Google, so will Microsoft so will most retailers. So yes you will be forced.
minus-squareAzuriteLeopard@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYou shouldn’t blindly trust the App Store. The review process isn’t perfect and scam apps can find their way into the App Store. Here’s one example: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/02/pig-butchering-scam-apps-sneak-into-apples-app-store-and-google-play/
That’ll be horrible. Right now I can trust the App Store without question.
While I’m halfway sure Meta will force Facebook, FB Messenger, Instagram, and Whatsapp to only be downloadable through some exclusive Meta App Store, you won’t be forced to use those third-party stores.
So will Amazon, so will Google, so will Microsoft so will most retailers. So yes you will be forced.
You shouldn’t blindly trust the App Store. The review process isn’t perfect and scam apps can find their way into the App Store. Here’s one example: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/02/pig-butchering-scam-apps-sneak-into-apples-app-store-and-google-play/