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I agree that iOS should have some escape hatch where power users can sideload but the problem is that the current situation is really good for privacy. Apple is

I agree that iOS should have some escape hatch where power users can sideload but the problem is that the current situation is really good for privacy. Apple is able to act as a powerful agent to the powerless user to force companies to respect the users device and privacy. You can see on android the same apps tracking the user in ways that just wouldn't be allowed on iOS. If there was a way to sideload apps then Amazon would probably create a 3rd party app store to compete with the main one. This would probably result in major apps moving over so they can abuse users in all kinds of ways banned from the app store. I'm not really sure what the middle ground is here where iOS continues being the privacy OS while also letting the user do whatever they want.

aspenmayer 6y ago
That’s not true. Jailbreaks exist, and always will. That’s the current status quo. Opening up sideloading will surface more bugs. Apple already has best-in-class built-in 2fa for Apple ID. To say they can’t just leverage Secure Enclave to do the heavy lifting is just to fail to make Apple’s argument for them. Security would benefit, because Apple would have more devs seeing and reporting more bugs if sideloading were possible. It’s a simple truism. Look at the new Microsoft.