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Apple literally puts technical measures in place to ensure that it's 100% impossible to download outside software.

GeekyBear 6y ago
This has never been a secret. Google literally spent most of a decade preaching that the "freedom" their platform afforded to sideload software was a major competitive advantage, and then attacked a developer who was making use of that freedom to make a large profit without giving Google a cut.
- datguacdoh 6y ago
  But you could still do it, you just get a lot of warnings that you probably shouldn't unless you know what you're doing. AFAIK I can't do that on my iPad at all. Also, with Fortnite specifically, they proved the worries right immediately: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanwhitwam/2018/08/25/epic-games-has-already-exposed-android-users-to-unacceptable-fortnite-malware-risks/#5fe44699508c https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanwhitwam/2018/08/25/epic-gam...
- Phrodo_00 6y ago
  Epic is obviously exaggerating. Android lets you enable local app installs in like 2 clicks including a safety message. Complaining about this is like complaining about windows UAT (I expect Epic will complain about that next).
  - nailuj 6y ago
    There were a lot of complaints about UAT when it was first introduced, claiming it was too confusing for casual users. It was a factor in the huge unpopularity of Vista.
spullara 6y ago
Anyone could get a developer account and compile the code and deploy it to their phone if the app owner released the source code.
- KillerDiller 6y ago
  This could be a crucial argument in that it distinguishes between the essential freedom of device owners to decide what software to run, and the freedom of device manufacturers to decide which apps to sell in their stores and at what terms (still subject to anti-trust laws). Unfortunately, the $99 annual fee per developer account nullifies any possible mass-market sideloading possibilities. (Imagine what could happen if sideloading apps from source was free just highly impractical, and HEY turned their rage into a free Apple developer account management & sideloading SaaS offering.)
  - GeekyBear 6y ago
    Jailbreaking the device is free, easily reversible, and allows you to run any software you like.
  - spullara 6y ago
    Makes sense for Apple to make developer accounts free while publishing to the store cost money.
  - dwaite 6y ago
    While there are restrictions, free developer accounts can support installation onto your own devices.

This has never been a secret. Google literally spent most of a decade preaching that the "freedom" their platform afforded to sideload software was a major competitive advantage, and then attacked a developer who was making use of that freedom to make a large profit without giving Google a cut.

datguacdoh 6y ago
But you could still do it, you just get a lot of warnings that you probably shouldn't unless you know what you're doing. AFAIK I can't do that on my iPad at all. Also, with Fortnite specifically, they proved the worries right immediately: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanwhitwam/2018/08/25/epic-games-has-already-exposed-android-users-to-unacceptable-fortnite-malware-risks/#5fe44699508c https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanwhitwam/2018/08/25/epic-gam...
Phrodo_00 6y ago
Epic is obviously exaggerating. Android lets you enable local app installs in like 2 clicks including a safety message. Complaining about this is like complaining about windows UAT (I expect Epic will complain about that next).
- nailuj 6y ago
  There were a lot of complaints about UAT when it was first introduced, claiming it was too confusing for casual users. It was a factor in the huge unpopularity of Vista.

spullara 6y ago

Anyone could get a developer account and compile the code and deploy it to their phone if the app owner released the source code.

KillerDiller 6y ago
This could be a crucial argument in that it distinguishes between the essential freedom of device owners to decide what software to run, and the freedom of device manufacturers to decide which apps to sell in their stores and at what terms (still subject to anti-trust laws). Unfortunately, the $99 annual fee per developer account nullifies any possible mass-market sideloading possibilities. (Imagine what could happen if sideloading apps from source was free just highly impractical, and HEY turned their rage into a free Apple developer account management & sideloading SaaS offering.)
- GeekyBear 6y ago
  Jailbreaking the device is free, easily reversible, and allows you to run any software you like.
- spullara 6y ago
  Makes sense for Apple to make developer accounts free while publishing to the store cost money.
- dwaite 6y ago
  While there are restrictions, free developer accounts can support installation onto your own devices.