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>...this could be a trend that starts small but overtime I no longer have the choice to avoid these alternate stores... You wouldn't lose that choice. Want onl

>...this could be a trend that starts small but overtime I no longer have the choice to avoid these alternate stores... You wouldn't lose that choice. Want only Apple-vetted apps? Only use their App Store. Easy. Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but you seem to be saying: 'evil facebook will harvest more data, but I want to keep using evil facebook'. Maybe the conclusion you need to reach is that you should stop using facebook (and the like)?

nerdjon 4y ago
No I am not saying I want to continue using Facebook, but as more technical people we have to understand the impact that this has on non technical people. Short term we may just see apps like Facebook, TikTok, and others that wish to engage in shady practices put out a side loaded app. Fine no harm done I can just choose to not use those. But as they get more users they could push their own app stores that make it even easier for other smaller apps to ditch the App Store entirely. My concern is not what happens right away for me. (But we should all be concerned about companies like Facebook being able to harvest more data and be more shady for others). But as time goes on and if I need a certain app that I no longer have the choice of using an App Store with basic protections in place because its too easy for a developer to use the alternate store. We all know that app developers love to use really shady practices, this is just going to make it worse.