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Maybe link to the original article? https://www.theverge.com/22611236/epic-v-apple-emails-project-liberty-app-store-schiller-sweeney-cook-jobs https://www.thev

• mortenjorck 5y ago
  I considered linking to that instead, but the Verge piece buries the lede that Jobs signed off on an iOS sideloading workflow in 2008.
  • chipotle_coyote 5y ago
    It's an interesting bit of information. I remember back when Gatekeeper was introduced on the Mac, I fully expected it to make its way to iOS the following year in a form that only allowed signed apps to run -- it seemed like it would allow the benefits of sideloading to users while letting Apple keep a measure of control. (That may seem naive now, but when Gatekeeper was introduced in 2012, App Store revenue was a pretty small part of Apple's business -- it was still being listed as part of "Other Music-Related Products and Services" as of their Q4 2012 10Q statement.)
  • Wowfunhappy 5y ago
    Even so: > Please submit the original source. If a post reports on something found on another site, submit the latter. Sometimes this guideline gets mushy, but in this case it's pretty cut and dry.