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> 10+ years of Android sideloading and this has not happened. Android's permission and anti-tracking measures have generally been more lenient. I'm sure if sid

• celsoazevedo 4y ago
  It's important not to mix App Store/Play Store policies with iOS/Android restrictions. Sideloaded Facebook can't access your location or camera if you don't tell iOS to give them access (iOS restrictions). On the other hand, there's nothing stopping sideloaded Facebook from refusing to work if you don't let them access those things (no App Store rules). Something else to consider is the fact that the average user only installs apps from the default store. If Facebook wants installs, that's where they have to be. Also, we don't know many "scary screens" Apple will display when trying to sideload something.
  • sleepybrett 4y ago
    The problem becomes they add some feature like a camera subapp with decals/mlbullshit to get your permission, but once they have that permission they can do whatever the fuck shady thing they want with it.
  • hnbear 4y ago
    Sure - but how well do most people read scary screens? People click through pop-ups without reading them all the time. Could pop-up a "click OK to send your money to us" button and people would click OK and I'd get calls from family asking where their money went.
    • celsoazevedo 4y ago
      It depends on how Apple implements it, I guess? Some Android skins show you a big red warning, disable the "install" button for a few seconds, and the cancel button is the one with the bright colour. This, plus not allowing sideloading by default, seems to work well. A simple popup probably wouldn't be as effective.