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Two thoughts here: 1. Tim Cook is full of shit, they know if they allow sideloading then cash cows like Fortnite and other apps that make a significant amount

Two thoughts here: 1. Tim Cook is full of shit, they know if they allow sideloading then cash cows like Fortnite and other apps that make a significant amount from iAP purchases will bounce. 2. On the other hand I think what apple wants to prevent is apps like Facebook Research. Not sure how many of your remember the story but Facebook was giving out gift cards in exchange for giving access to all of your user data. This was bypassing the App Store by using an enterprise cert instead [1]. --- In a way Apple already gives you the ability to sideload apps, it's called the Apple Enterprise Certificate. But unlike actual sideloading, it carries some major gotchas. [1]: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/01/facebook-and-google-offered-gift-cards-for-root-level-access-to-ios-users-data/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/01/facebook-and-google-...

ksec 5y ago
> 1. Tim Cook is full of shit.... I think it was fairly clear in the email released in court, ( it is a great read for anyone with deep interest of Apple ) There are three camps in Apple; Tim Cook, and Business Execs - Doesn't really give a damn about it. It is not about security ( hello macOS? ), it is about revenue and profits. They dont want to lose the money they think they "deserved". And basically want people to pay rent on App Store and their API. Perfectly valid business perspective whether you agree or disagree with it. Just dont put some privacy and security label shit in front of it which is what Tim Cook is doing in the public. Philip Schiller, Craig Federighi, the old Apple idealistic Camp - Really want App Store to be perfect, no crappy Apps, no scam or spam. Trying to help developers when possible, willing to lower their App Store commission. Unfortunately this might have been possible during early iPhone era, but an impossible task once you have 1 billion iPhone user. Not only have they not achieved the goal, gotten more resources for App review team. They have also lost the battle in App Store commission. They have basically settled for good enough. Steve Jobs, Scott Forstall, some other Software Eng - SideLoads or some form of it. Basically believe there is no way all business could rely on App Store. ( The birth of Apple Enterprise Cert ). But believe user can be somewhat protected with OS software and technology built in rather than App Store gatekeeping. They lost the battle. I generally think the power balance in Apple has tilted. Especially since Johny Ive became CDO and left while Alan Dye became VP of HID. Someone used to work on Apple App Store / Developer Relation team wrote something on it for those interested. https://mailchi.mp/eb9158dad79e/v3n6-my-life-in-the-apple-ecosystem https://mailchi.mp/eb9158dad79e/v3n6-my-life-in-the-apple-ec...

ksec 5y ago

> 1. Tim Cook is full of shit.... I think it was fairly clear in the email released in court, ( it is a great read for anyone with deep interest of Apple ) There are three camps in Apple; Tim Cook, and Business Execs - Doesn't really give a damn about it. It is not about security ( hello macOS? ), it is about revenue and profits. They dont want to lose the money they think they "deserved". And basically want people to pay rent on App Store and their API. Perfectly valid business perspective whether you agree or disagree with it. Just dont put some privacy and security label shit in front of it which is what Tim Cook is doing in the public. Philip Schiller, Craig Federighi, the old Apple idealistic Camp - Really want App Store to be perfect, no crappy Apps, no scam or spam. Trying to help developers when possible, willing to lower their App Store commission. Unfortunately this might have been possible during early iPhone era, but an impossible task once you have 1 billion iPhone user. Not only have they not achieved the goal, gotten more resources for App review team. They have also lost the battle in App Store commission. They have basically settled for good enough. Steve Jobs, Scott Forstall, some other Software Eng - SideLoads or some form of it. Basically believe there is no way all business could rely on App Store. ( The birth of Apple Enterprise Cert ). But believe user can be somewhat protected with OS software and technology built in rather than App Store gatekeeping. They lost the battle. I generally think the power balance in Apple has tilted. Especially since Johny Ive became CDO and left while Alan Dye became VP of HID. Someone used to work on Apple App Store / Developer Relation team wrote something on it for those interested. https://mailchi.mp/eb9158dad79e/v3n6-my-life-in-the-apple-ecosystem https://mailchi.mp/eb9158dad79e/v3n6-my-life-in-the-apple-ec...