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Just because it is something YOU want doesn't mean we ALL want it. I appreciate Apple's review of apps and their store policies. While no human endeavor is perf
by macinjosh 6y ago
Just because it is something YOU want doesn't mean we ALL want it. I appreciate Apple's review of apps and their store policies. While no human endeavor is perfect it is at least an attempt to keep their platform more secure, safer for kids, higher quality, and more trustworthy.
Opening up the platform to other app stores means they have less control over the experience on their platform it opens more avenues for malware.
If you want a more open platform use Android.
- Mindwipe 6y agoSafer for kids who aren't in Hong Kong, presumably. A single source of application signing will always be abused to entrench dangerous governments and prejudice. It is toxic, and needs to be outlawed.
- rpdillon 6y ago> less control over the experience on their platform I value the customer's ability to install programs of their choosing on a phone they purchased. It seems strange that we see it as desirable to concentrate authority over billions of devices this way. Taking a step back, it's sort of a "what could possibly go wrong" scenario.
- davidwparker 6y agoOr, you know, you could just not use any other app store on iPhone and continue to use Apple's and it'll still work fine. And let others use the Epic app store for Fortnight.
- kmeisthax 6y agoWhy are Apple users so quick to recommend me Android when I point out this particular flaw with iOS? And yes, I do consider distrusting the owner's software installation preferences to be a flaw, especially when Apple is certainly capable of maintaining a robust and safe third-party distribution ecosystem on macOS. The Mac isn't demonstrably less secure because you have a sanctioned way to install Steam onto it. Likewise, Apple doesn't lose the ability to maintain the quality of the Mac App Store because people might get their apps on Steam. "Safer for kids" isn't a factor here; Apple already provides tools for parents to lock down their children's devices should that be necessary. This would also presumably have an option (or default) to disable third-party apps, in the same way parents can already disable specific App Store and built-in apps.
- zepto 6y agoThe Mac is demonstrably less secure than iOS, and there is much less incentive for bad actors to target the Mac because of its tiny market share.