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[Mental Outlaw] Apple May Soon Allow Sideloading Apps on iOS (odysee.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (6 children)

I still think its a bad idea. Because in my country, the government loves their apps. And being able to bypass the app store will mean that they will force you to install their own “app store”. This would also mean they can put more invasive features in their app.

Or perhaps I’m overthinking it and my government has the best interest for the people.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago

Do they do that now for Android?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

This would also mean they can put more invasive features in their app.

iOS apps will still be sandboxed. You have nothing to fear except whatever data you yourself enter into the app.

[–] Cethin 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I think that's a problem with your country, not the ability to sideload.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Where do you live?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

From your post history, it looks like you're in Singapore. If so, then I don't think that will be a concern - if anything, given how most government apps treat sideloading on the Android side, they'll probably block you from using them if you use the feature.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Yea the most they do is bundle it with the phone which you can them easily uninstall.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

The apps still need to request OS for specific permissions before they use things like GPS, mobile data, filesystem etc.

But the point you're missing is unless you're building everything yourself, there is always a party that you have to trust. Apple likes to paint itself as trustworthy when it comes to your data, but all the anti-consumer shenanigans they do when it comes to hardware clearly state that the only thing they care about is money.

Remember - it's either convenience with a false sense of security or security. Never both.