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"Apple can simply decide to prevent people from running code on their phones." no - you are free to run any code on YOUR phones with the enterprise program - y

• the_duke 8y ago
  That doesn't change the point. As a user, I can not choose what code to run on my iPhone. The only way to run a non-official app would be if the app was open source: put it in testflight for your personal use. This is the main reason I have sworn off all Apple devices.
  • saagarjha 8y ago
    You can sign and install apps yourself.
  • zepto 8y ago
    It does change the point. As a user, you can run any code on your phone. If someone won’t give you the code, but instead will only supply it via Apple’s store, that’s between you and the supplier.
    • the_duke 8y ago
      As a developer with a Mac and the knowledge how to do this. That is a very limited subset of iPhone users.
      • hk__2 8y ago
        People who want to run their own code on their smartphone are probably already a very limited subset of all users.
        • mrep 8y ago
          If it were possible, many more companies would sidestep the app store like how Fortnite did that with the android play store. The only reason Fortnite used Apple's app store is because Apple has made it practically impossible to side load apps.
          • zepto 8y ago
            Not only is it possible, it’s trivially easy to sideload apps. What’s difficult is to distribute commercially, or maliciously without going through Apple.
        • ghettoimp 8y ago
          Yep yep yep. I can see how, as a developer, it would be galling to face artificial barriers to what you can do on a device that you own. But I don't develop for phones, and as a "dumb" user in this case, I'm really happy that someone is trying to keep it secure for me...
      • saagarjha 8y ago
        You don't necessarily need a Mac.