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I can’t wait for the opportunity to provide my CC info to multiple different companies for the opportunity to install software that doesn’t pass the basic iOS s
by olliej 5y ago
I can’t wait for the opportunity to provide my CC info to multiple different companies for the opportunity to install software that doesn’t pass the basic iOS security requirements.
And then I get to play the “is this malware” game coupled with no refund support.
Hooray for Android inspired sideloading.
- mthoms 5y agoWell then, don’t?
- olliej 5y agoSo when every game company starts shipping its unsandboxed games through its own half assed unsandboxed store I just don’t get to use them. That sounds an awful lot like the monopoly apple is supposed to have.
- realusername 5y agoYou don't have to use normal installs (I don't like the term "sideloading") if you don't want to, you are still free to use the more limited App Store if you insist. Apart from that, if apps installed normally don't pass iOS security requirements, that means the iOS sandbox is flawed somehow?
- olliej 5y agoThe AppStore review process is what enforces you have a sensible sandbox, why would a sideloading App Store enforce those, they don’t care about platform security. As for “don’t install it if I don’t want to” you mean don’t I stall any software that insists on sideloading.
- realusername 5y agoThat's how it works for websites, it's even more straightforward, your browser just runs the code as it's downloaded and I don't recall many issues with that. Maybe Apple should improve their security in their sandbox if it's not ready for normal installs?