Ngl I wouldn’t care if I could just download a damn gameboy emulator from the App Store.
Nintendo has a good relationship with apple so it wouldn’t happen.
Also apple probably doesn’t like emulation
If side loading creates security issues, I don’t want it.
I think whenever sideloading becomes a thing the most reasonable solution to me is to make it only doable by injection through a program on a Mac or pc.
It would still allow anyone that really wants to get a program to have it, and the program itself could still self update without having to plug back in, but it would add that one extra step that would keep your average person from accidentally downloading something they shouldn’t.
Like my grandma. If sideloading were on a phone and just had to click okay a couple extra times, she might accidentally do it. If she had to plug it in to download initially, she’d think is this something that I need?
You will probably need to enable developer mode (a few clicks and a restart) and then confirm something like 30 times in order to install an app. You won’t be able to do it by default, that would be just stupid.
Apple shouldn’t be the one who devices what the users end up actually using… they should compete to have the best product, and let the users decide for themselves.
Just to share a bit…in my country we have had a huge influx of cases in android users getting scammed of their entire life savings because they were socially engineered/tricked to sideload malicious apps that basically allow the scammers full control of their phones, siphoning all their life savings away before they even realize what’s going on. These cases come up in the local news/online news once every 1-2 weeks.
These people aren’t all grandmas/grandpas either. They’re also young people in their 30s or middle-aged. They tried to purchase something on offer / complete a survey to get a gift, and were tricked to download apps to make orders / something similar, but ended up having their phones fully under the control of the scammers. The scammers then made use of their internet banking apps to siphon everything out while they were asleep. To make things worse, over here we have almost everyone on internet banking.
Definitely am not for iPhone being able to sideload apps. It is so dangerous for regular users. They wouldn’t understand what it means.
You can’t protect stupid people for too long when they don’t want to be protected. Let evolution do its thing.
I support this statement 100%.
People still get scammed in other ways, apps that are bad actors aren’t the problem.
If it didn’t happen thru sideloading an app it would simply happen by accessing a website.
Me too I speak out against iPhone app sideloading, it’s right
No, it’s not. I don’t think you really know anything about sideloading if you think it’s right.
In my phone, I prefere the Apple App Store, I feel more safe. If you prefere a sideload, no problem
What we will get is multiple app stores under the App Store app. Sideloading runs a very risk of injecting malware unless Apple is willing to introduce the iOS equivalent of Windows Defender we’ve seen since Windows 8.0, in my opinion.
Will this open up the real Jailbreak again?
If yes it would be nice to run Linux on an IOS device.
Apple should make an IOS version to opt out side loading, not everyone want to be hacked.
Unrealistic, but would be funny if apple just go “fuck EU, I’m not selling them phones anymore” route
iPhone is not that popular in the EU as you might’ve thought anyways.
Jesus…! You are so wrong!
lol I bet that they might lose money short term but the Europeans who do want the iPhone will still find ways to get it.
Would be an awesome move by apple.
Apart from fanboys or anyone who stuck on the comfortability of Apple ecosystem, majority of Europeans will just go to Android route anyways. Why would you think they want to having a hard time buying a phone which is not available in their country/region?
Would be a good thing.
This article and the quotes are very carefully worded. The security they are referring too could actually be the security within the app distribution system, which in the current Apple ecosystem is the App store.
Apple can not guarantee the security of the app distribution of a 3rd party system.
However, the security on your device is provided by the operating system and the API an app can use. NOT the the Apple app store.
One can still write and publish an app to the app store, which violates usage terms, exploits a vulnerability in the operating system or hardware, and compromises security. There is no guarantee to protect users against this.
I still want the ability to install apps without involving Apple or the Apple app store. I have working iphones that are unusable because they are “too old” and don’t work with the app store anymore. There is nothing wrong with them and I have use cases for them, but Apple has rendered them functionally useless and then says I should buy a new iphone…
It’s like taking care of a child. If the child want get on the table, you’ll say no. The child still want it.
This is apple move saying: “ok, get on the table, then don’t say I warned you”.
An adult tells a child to stay off the table because the child does not have the skills to remain safe on its own.
As an adult, I have actually stood on my table to change light bulbs. I know what the table can handle, how to fall, and the risks involved.
Interestingly, iphones have a setting that allows parents to restrict access for their children.
I do not want Apple dictating how I can use my property, since I am an adult and I know what I am doing. Perhaps adults should limit how children install apps. And administrators can likewise limit how users install apps.
Apple sold me the phone, and it’s now my iphone. I want it to be serviceable and usable after Apple ends support. This requires it to function after they block it from accessing the app store. This requires sideloading.
Why sideload? It’s safer with apple gate keeping all the nasty shit and malpractices.
I will greatly appreciate side loading because I live in a foreign country and often the local ios App is only available in the local region app store and not my home country’s.
You’ll still locked to your region, unless you change it.
I’m just hoping for Emulators. Can’t imagine what the 15 Pro can do with emulators, it’s gonna be a beast with a backbone.
Same but with iPad Mini. iPad Mini + Emulators = 😌
Download an emulator and find out. You don’t need to wait. You can use AltStore which is free, or pay for a signing service like Signulous which, in my opinion, is worth the $20 yearly fee. With AltStore you need to refresh the certificate every 7 days which is relatively easy, whereas with Signulous you don’t have to do anything.
I have an iPhone 8 and it can already run up to Wii games really well so I imagine that the 15 will be really good with upscaled graphics and such
Probably not a lot. It is an apple product and i am sure tim cook will find a way to stop people from emulating stuff that he doesnt want to
“That’s a great misunderstanding – and one we have tried to explain over and over."
“See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda.” --George W Bush
Why do we take these arguments from corporate talking heads anymore seriously than a politican telling us his plan to lower taxes for the poor?
It’s literally politician speak that’s aimed to preserve the company’s profits, not be factual.
Fr. Company who keeps the service and earns money with it tells us that other options are bad. What a surprise