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Does anyone know the reason(s) why Apple makes it impractical to sideload?

• toxik 7y ago
  Side loading is a threat to Apples control over all iOS and similar AppStore devices. If I didn’t want to comply with the very far-reaching requirements for e g in-app stores, I could just ask my users to side load my app. If for example Audible did this, it’d be a real threat.
  • Illniyar 7y ago
    Chief among this is the requirement that all in-app purchases have a 30% tax by apple. Which is why you can't buy books in the kindle ios app[0] among others. [0]https://www.techspot.com/article/1597-how-to-buy-kindle-book-iphone-ipad/ https://www.techspot.com/article/1597-how-to-buy-kindle-book...
    • toxik 7y ago
      Still waiting on regulators to slap Apple for that obvious anticompetitive behavior.