Remember when LinkedIn made an app that MITMed email connections just so they could add a signature to your messages? [1] Or when Facebook was distributing inte

Remember when LinkedIn made an app that MITMed email connections just so they could add a signature to your messages? [1] Or when Facebook was distributing internal dev certificates to the general public so they could collect data on teenagers using private IOS APIs? [2] Sure, most here would know not to do it, but it’s abundantly clear that the general public cannot manage technology. And this is what these companies were doing publicly. Imagine if they had unrestricted access through other app stores? Data is the modern day gold rush, and it seems like every company has gold fever. They just can’t help themselves in being as intrusive as humanly possible. It’s nice to have some kind of control over it. I would be open to alternate app stores if and only if they were unable to circumvent MDM restrictions. At least that way you could protect company assets. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6600597 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6600597 [2] https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2019/1/30/18203551/apple-facebook-blocked-internal-ios-apps https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2019/1/30/18203551/app...