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> If third party App Stores are ever forced onto iOS devices, that market vanishes completely. Crashes, slowdowns, battery drain, malware, and information theft
by arvinsim 6y ago
> If third party App Stores are ever forced onto iOS devices, that market vanishes completely. Crashes, slowdowns, battery drain, malware, and information theft will become the norm. Go no further than your gaming PC to witness the nightmare that is multiple app stores all competing for CPU and control/surveillance of your system, all needing to bring their own flavors of information-harvesting/exposing DRM.
I am sorry but this is just FUD.
I own both a Macbook Pro and PC that I built and I have yet have these supposed "multiple app stores nightmare" that you are talking about.
Do you own a Windows machine yourself? Because the above comment doesn't seem to be done in good faith.
- nodamage 6y agoThere is literally malware spreading by masquerading as the Epic Games Store: https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-lokibot-trojan-malware-campaign-comes-disguised-as-a-popular-game-launcher/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-lokibot-trojan-malware-cam...
- arvinsim 6y agoI still fail to see how this will apply to iOS. iOS doesn't magically lose it's sandboxing and become Windows just because 3d party stores are allowed.
- nodamage 6y agoSandboxing didn't prevent fake versions of Fortnite and other serious malware from spreading on Android, nor does it generally prevent information theft and privacy violation through malicious use of legitimate APIs.