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German politicians were discussing banning Telegram. With centralized monopoly App Stores, they easily can. With sideloading, they can't under current framework
by concinds 4y ago
German politicians were discussing banning Telegram. With centralized monopoly App Stores, they easily can. With sideloading, they can't under current frameworks; and they're unlikely to mandate remote-uninstalls of "illegal apps" anytime soon.
Sure, central subscription management and "Login with Apple" are convenient, but I'd much rather governments not have the ability to block apps on my personal devices.
- stevewatson301 4y agoWhile I agree with your sentiment, how do you think that might work out if phone manufacturers were required to have an app ID blocklist? As an example (I’m not sure what the current state of things is on Firefox these days as it has been a long time since I’ve used it), Firefox ships with a blocklist of extensions that works even if you get the extension from a third-party source. This was mostly used to prevent users from installing malware, but if governments have problems banning an app they’ll just go this route and require phone manufacturers to do the same.