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On Android you can sideload apps easily but nobody does it. According to Google, less than 0.5% of Android devices do it.
by mattmaroon 6y ago
On Android you can sideload apps easily but nobody does it. According to Google, less than 0.5% of Android devices do it.
- jedberg 6y agoExactly. Imagine how much criticism Apple could avoid if they allowed side loading. Heck, make it complicated and require a Mac desktop/laptop. Even then at least power users would be happy. At least I could load up apps that aren’t approved without having to jailbreak.
- zepto 6y agoPower users can use Android. The problem with side loading us social engineering attacks. Imagine how many iPhone users could be persuaded to sideload ‘corona 5g bioshield app detunes the software radio in your phone away from the harmful frequencies the NWO is trying to expose us to’.
- jedberg 6y ago> Power users can use Android. I've tried Android, I don't like it. Apple has put a lot more thought into their UX. Also the Apple hardware is better. Telling someone to use Android because they want control of their iPhone is a ridiculous argument because they aren't substitutes for each other. > The problem with side loading us social engineering attacks. Exactly, which is why I said to make it hard to side load. Require you to run an app on a Mac laptop and write some code to make it work. Make it so that there are so many steps that only the most dedicated are interested. But just make it possible. And besides, somehow Android doesn't seem to have a widespread problem with this, despite allowing side loading.
- zepto 6y agoAndroid has an enormous malware problem with million node botnets etc. Exploiters don’t need to leverage side loading because the platform and store are insecure enough as it is. As to making it into a huge pain to sideload, what you want is already available. You can install whatever you like by downloading XCode.
- kube-system 6y ago> Require you to run an app on a Mac laptop and write some code to make it work. Make it so that there are so many steps that only the most dedicated are interested. But just make it possible. Can't you do exactly that with xcode?
- jedberg 6y ago> Can't you do exactly that with xcode? Only if the source is available. Or the creator is under their 100 user limit. There is no way for someone to make an iPhone app and put it up online and let anyone who wants to download it and install it.
- zepto 6y agoOk - but that’s not what you said. We’ve agreed that would lead to the problems already outlined.
- ultrarunner 6y agoThe seven day certificate expiration duration also makes this largely impractical.
- zepto 6y agoThe parent said: “Make it so that there are so many steps that only the most dedicated are interested. But just make it possible.“
- ultrarunner 6y agoI consider ‘impractical’ (not practicable) to not rise to ‘possible’.
- AnthonyMouse 6y ago> Imagine how many iPhone users could be persuaded to sideload ‘corona 5g bioshield app detunes the software radio in your phone away from the harmful frequencies the NWO is trying to expose us to’. Less than 0.5% of them, apparently. But also, what do you care what idiots do? Nobody is forcing you to install it on your phone. Freedom of choice is not an obligation to choose poorly.
- kirb 6y ago0.5% of 2.5 billion is 125 million. Is sideload malware irrelevant because “only” 125 million phones have flicked the sideloading switch? I think there’s good reason for the sideload feature to be there, but your argument seems to be about it being unimportant because 0.5% isn’t a big percentage. https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/7/18528297/google-io-2019-android-devices-play-store-total-number-statistic-keynote https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/7/18528297/google-io-2019-an...
- three_seagrass 6y agoProbably more with Fortnite though.